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Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

Event Flyer
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n","post_title":"MEPs discuss Arms Embargo in Yemen War","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"meps-discuss-arms-embargo-in-yemen-war","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:39:38","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:39:38","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4310","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":3899,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-11-18 22:42:55","post_date_gmt":"2020-11-18 22:42:55","post_content":"\n

On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

Event Flyer
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n","post_title":"MEPs discuss Arms Embargo in Yemen War","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"meps-discuss-arms-embargo-in-yemen-war","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:39:38","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:39:38","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4310","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":3899,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-11-18 22:42:55","post_date_gmt":"2020-11-18 22:42:55","post_content":"\n

On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

Event Flyer
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n","post_title":"MEPs discuss Arms Embargo in Yemen War","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"meps-discuss-arms-embargo-in-yemen-war","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:39:38","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:39:38","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4310","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":3899,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-11-18 22:42:55","post_date_gmt":"2020-11-18 22:42:55","post_content":"\n

On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

Event Flyer
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n","post_title":"MEPs discuss Arms Embargo in Yemen War","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"meps-discuss-arms-embargo-in-yemen-war","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:39:38","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:39:38","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4310","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":3899,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-11-18 22:42:55","post_date_gmt":"2020-11-18 22:42:55","post_content":"\n

On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

Event Flyer
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n","post_title":"MEPs discuss Arms Embargo in Yemen War","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"meps-discuss-arms-embargo-in-yemen-war","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:39:38","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:39:38","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4310","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":3899,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-11-18 22:42:55","post_date_gmt":"2020-11-18 22:42:55","post_content":"\n

On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

Event Flyer
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n","post_title":"MEPs discuss Arms Embargo in Yemen War","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"meps-discuss-arms-embargo-in-yemen-war","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:39:38","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:39:38","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4310","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":3899,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-11-18 22:42:55","post_date_gmt":"2020-11-18 22:42:55","post_content":"\n

On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

Event Flyer
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

Event Flyer
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n","post_title":"MEPs discuss Arms Embargo in Yemen War","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"meps-discuss-arms-embargo-in-yemen-war","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:39:38","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:39:38","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4310","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":3899,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-11-18 22:42:55","post_date_gmt":"2020-11-18 22:42:55","post_content":"\n

On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n","post_title":"Report on our Seminar -Human Rights in Egypt","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"online-seminar-on-human-rights-in-egypt","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:39:38","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:39:38","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3899","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":63},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
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[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

Event Flyer
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n","post_title":"MEPs discuss Arms Embargo in Yemen War","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"meps-discuss-arms-embargo-in-yemen-war","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:39:38","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:39:38","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4310","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":3899,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-11-18 22:42:55","post_date_gmt":"2020-11-18 22:42:55","post_content":"\n

On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n","post_title":"Report on our Seminar -Human Rights in Egypt","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"online-seminar-on-human-rights-in-egypt","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:39:38","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:39:38","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3899","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":63},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
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[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

Event Flyer
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n","post_title":"MEPs discuss Arms Embargo in Yemen War","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"meps-discuss-arms-embargo-in-yemen-war","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:39:38","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:39:38","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4310","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":3899,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-11-18 22:42:55","post_date_gmt":"2020-11-18 22:42:55","post_content":"\n

On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n","post_title":"Report on our Seminar -Human Rights in Egypt","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"online-seminar-on-human-rights-in-egypt","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:39:38","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:39:38","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3899","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":63},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
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[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

Event Flyer
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n","post_title":"MEPs discuss Arms Embargo in Yemen War","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"meps-discuss-arms-embargo-in-yemen-war","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:39:38","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:39:38","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4310","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":3899,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-11-18 22:42:55","post_date_gmt":"2020-11-18 22:42:55","post_content":"\n

On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n","post_title":"Report on our Seminar -Human Rights in Egypt","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"online-seminar-on-human-rights-in-egypt","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:39:38","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:39:38","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3899","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":63},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
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[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

Event Flyer
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n","post_title":"MEPs discuss Arms Embargo in Yemen War","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"meps-discuss-arms-embargo-in-yemen-war","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:39:38","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:39:38","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4310","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":3899,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-11-18 22:42:55","post_date_gmt":"2020-11-18 22:42:55","post_content":"\n

On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

Event Flyer
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n","post_title":"MEPs discuss Arms Embargo in Yemen War","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"meps-discuss-arms-embargo-in-yemen-war","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:39:38","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:39:38","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4310","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":3899,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-11-18 22:42:55","post_date_gmt":"2020-11-18 22:42:55","post_content":"\n

On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

Event Flyer
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n","post_title":"MEPs discuss Arms Embargo in Yemen War","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"meps-discuss-arms-embargo-in-yemen-war","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:39:38","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:39:38","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4310","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":3899,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-11-18 22:42:55","post_date_gmt":"2020-11-18 22:42:55","post_content":"\n

On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

Event Flyer
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n","post_title":"MEPs discuss Arms Embargo in Yemen War","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"meps-discuss-arms-embargo-in-yemen-war","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:39:38","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:39:38","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4310","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":3899,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-11-18 22:42:55","post_date_gmt":"2020-11-18 22:42:55","post_content":"\n

On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

Event Flyer
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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

Event Flyer
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n","post_title":"MEPs discuss Arms Embargo in Yemen War","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"meps-discuss-arms-embargo-in-yemen-war","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:39:38","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:39:38","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4310","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":3899,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-11-18 22:42:55","post_date_gmt":"2020-11-18 22:42:55","post_content":"\n

On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

Event Flyer
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n","post_title":"MEPs discuss Arms Embargo in Yemen War","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"meps-discuss-arms-embargo-in-yemen-war","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:39:38","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:39:38","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4310","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":3899,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-11-18 22:42:55","post_date_gmt":"2020-11-18 22:42:55","post_content":"\n

On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

Event Flyer
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

Event Flyer
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n","post_title":"MEPs discuss Arms Embargo in Yemen War","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"meps-discuss-arms-embargo-in-yemen-war","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:39:38","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:39:38","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4310","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":3899,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-11-18 22:42:55","post_date_gmt":"2020-11-18 22:42:55","post_content":"\n

On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

Event Flyer
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n","post_title":"MEPs discuss Arms Embargo in Yemen War","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"meps-discuss-arms-embargo-in-yemen-war","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:39:38","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:39:38","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4310","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":3899,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-11-18 22:42:55","post_date_gmt":"2020-11-18 22:42:55","post_content":"\n

On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

Event Flyer
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n","post_title":"MEPs discuss Arms Embargo in Yemen War","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"meps-discuss-arms-embargo-in-yemen-war","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:39:38","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:39:38","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4310","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":3899,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-11-18 22:42:55","post_date_gmt":"2020-11-18 22:42:55","post_content":"\n

On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

Event Flyer
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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

Event Flyer
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n","post_title":"MEPs discuss Arms Embargo in Yemen War","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"meps-discuss-arms-embargo-in-yemen-war","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:39:38","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:39:38","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4310","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":3899,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-11-18 22:42:55","post_date_gmt":"2020-11-18 22:42:55","post_content":"\n

On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

Event Flyer
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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

Event Flyer
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n","post_title":"MEPs discuss Arms Embargo in Yemen War","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"meps-discuss-arms-embargo-in-yemen-war","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:39:38","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:39:38","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4310","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":3899,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-11-18 22:42:55","post_date_gmt":"2020-11-18 22:42:55","post_content":"\n

On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

Event Flyer
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

Event Flyer
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n","post_title":"MEPs discuss Arms Embargo in Yemen War","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"meps-discuss-arms-embargo-in-yemen-war","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:39:38","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:39:38","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=4310","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":3899,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-11-18 22:42:55","post_date_gmt":"2020-11-18 22:42:55","post_content":"\n

On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

Event Flyer
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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

Event Flyer
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

Event Flyer
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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

Event Flyer
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

Event Flyer
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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

Event Flyer
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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

Event Flyer
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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[99]<\/a> James Bamford, \u201cBody of secrets: Anatomy of the ultra-secret NSA<\/em>\u201d, Anchor Books, New York, 2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[100]<\/a> https:\/\/www.europarl.europa.eu\/sides\/getDoc.do?pubRef=-\/\/EP\/\/TEXT+REPORT+A5-2001-0264+0+DOC+XML+V0\/\/EN<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[101]<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"From sci-fi to nightmare: how spyware are used to track down opponents","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"from-sci-fi-to-nightmare-how-spyware-are-used-to-track-down-opponents","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3973","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":3939,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-06 00:02:15","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-06 00:02:15","post_content":"\n

\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[98]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[99]<\/a> James Bamford, \u201cBody of secrets: Anatomy of the ultra-secret NSA<\/em>\u201d, Anchor Books, New York, 2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[100]<\/a> https:\/\/www.europarl.europa.eu\/sides\/getDoc.do?pubRef=-\/\/EP\/\/TEXT+REPORT+A5-2001-0264+0+DOC+XML+V0\/\/EN<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[97]<\/a> https:\/\/www.webcitation.org\/5k8f6XouC?url=http:\/\/www.zianet.com\/jpage\/Bad%20Aibling%20Station%20-%20A%20Legacy%20of%20Excellence.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/military.wikia.org\/wiki\/Bad_Aibling_Station<\/a> ; Gottfried Mayr, \u201cDas Kriegsgefangenenlager PWE No. 26: Bad Aibling 1945-1946 : Massenschicksal \u2013 Einzelschicksale\u201c, Bad Aibling: Hist. Verein Bad Aibling und Umgebung, Bald Aibling 2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[98]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[99]<\/a> James Bamford, \u201cBody of secrets: Anatomy of the ultra-secret NSA<\/em>\u201d, Anchor Books, New York, 2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[96]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[97]<\/a> https:\/\/www.webcitation.org\/5k8f6XouC?url=http:\/\/www.zianet.com\/jpage\/Bad%20Aibling%20Station%20-%20A%20Legacy%20of%20Excellence.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/military.wikia.org\/wiki\/Bad_Aibling_Station<\/a> ; Gottfried Mayr, \u201cDas Kriegsgefangenenlager PWE No. 26: Bad Aibling 1945-1946 : Massenschicksal \u2013 Einzelschicksale\u201c, Bad Aibling: Hist. Verein Bad Aibling und Umgebung, Bald Aibling 2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[98]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[99]<\/a> James Bamford, \u201cBody of secrets: Anatomy of the ultra-secret NSA<\/em>\u201d, Anchor Books, New York, 2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[100]<\/a> https:\/\/www.europarl.europa.eu\/sides\/getDoc.do?pubRef=-\/\/EP\/\/TEXT+REPORT+A5-2001-0264+0+DOC+XML+V0\/\/EN<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[101]<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"From sci-fi to nightmare: how spyware are used to track down opponents","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"from-sci-fi-to-nightmare-how-spyware-are-used-to-track-down-opponents","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3973","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":3939,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-06 00:02:15","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-06 00:02:15","post_content":"\n

\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[95]<\/a> Holger G\u00fcnther Rumscheidt Kirchberg in Tirol<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[96]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[97]<\/a> https:\/\/www.webcitation.org\/5k8f6XouC?url=http:\/\/www.zianet.com\/jpage\/Bad%20Aibling%20Station%20-%20A%20Legacy%20of%20Excellence.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/military.wikia.org\/wiki\/Bad_Aibling_Station<\/a> ; Gottfried Mayr, \u201cDas Kriegsgefangenenlager PWE No. 26: Bad Aibling 1945-1946 : Massenschicksal \u2013 Einzelschicksale\u201c, Bad Aibling: Hist. Verein Bad Aibling und Umgebung, Bald Aibling 2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[98]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[99]<\/a> James Bamford, \u201cBody of secrets: Anatomy of the ultra-secret NSA<\/em>\u201d, Anchor Books, New York, 2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[100]<\/a> https:\/\/www.europarl.europa.eu\/sides\/getDoc.do?pubRef=-\/\/EP\/\/TEXT+REPORT+A5-2001-0264+0+DOC+XML+V0\/\/EN<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[94]<\/a> Elaman AG Malans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[95]<\/a> Holger G\u00fcnther Rumscheidt Kirchberg in Tirol<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[96]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[97]<\/a> https:\/\/www.webcitation.org\/5k8f6XouC?url=http:\/\/www.zianet.com\/jpage\/Bad%20Aibling%20Station%20-%20A%20Legacy%20of%20Excellence.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/military.wikia.org\/wiki\/Bad_Aibling_Station<\/a> ; Gottfried Mayr, \u201cDas Kriegsgefangenenlager PWE No. 26: Bad Aibling 1945-1946 : Massenschicksal \u2013 Einzelschicksale\u201c, Bad Aibling: Hist. Verein Bad Aibling und Umgebung, Bald Aibling 2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[98]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[99]<\/a> James Bamford, \u201cBody of secrets: Anatomy of the ultra-secret NSA<\/em>\u201d, Anchor Books, New York, 2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[100]<\/a> https:\/\/www.europarl.europa.eu\/sides\/getDoc.do?pubRef=-\/\/EP\/\/TEXT+REPORT+A5-2001-0264+0+DOC+XML+V0\/\/EN<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[101]<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"From sci-fi to nightmare: how spyware are used to track down opponents","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"from-sci-fi-to-nightmare-how-spyware-are-used-to-track-down-opponents","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3973","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":3939,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-06 00:02:15","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-06 00:02:15","post_content":"\n

\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[93]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[94]<\/a> Elaman AG Malans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[95]<\/a> Holger G\u00fcnther Rumscheidt Kirchberg in Tirol<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[96]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[97]<\/a> https:\/\/www.webcitation.org\/5k8f6XouC?url=http:\/\/www.zianet.com\/jpage\/Bad%20Aibling%20Station%20-%20A%20Legacy%20of%20Excellence.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/military.wikia.org\/wiki\/Bad_Aibling_Station<\/a> ; Gottfried Mayr, \u201cDas Kriegsgefangenenlager PWE No. 26: Bad Aibling 1945-1946 : Massenschicksal \u2013 Einzelschicksale\u201c, Bad Aibling: Hist. Verein Bad Aibling und Umgebung, Bald Aibling 2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[98]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[99]<\/a> James Bamford, \u201cBody of secrets: Anatomy of the ultra-secret NSA<\/em>\u201d, Anchor Books, New York, 2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[100]<\/a> https:\/\/www.europarl.europa.eu\/sides\/getDoc.do?pubRef=-\/\/EP\/\/TEXT+REPORT+A5-2001-0264+0+DOC+XML+V0\/\/EN<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[92]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nti.org\/gsn\/article\/danish-man-charged-with-wmd-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[94]<\/a> Elaman AG Malans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[95]<\/a> Holger G\u00fcnther Rumscheidt Kirchberg in Tirol<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[96]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[97]<\/a> https:\/\/www.webcitation.org\/5k8f6XouC?url=http:\/\/www.zianet.com\/jpage\/Bad%20Aibling%20Station%20-%20A%20Legacy%20of%20Excellence.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/military.wikia.org\/wiki\/Bad_Aibling_Station<\/a> ; Gottfried Mayr, \u201cDas Kriegsgefangenenlager PWE No. 26: Bad Aibling 1945-1946 : Massenschicksal \u2013 Einzelschicksale\u201c, Bad Aibling: Hist. Verein Bad Aibling und Umgebung, Bald Aibling 2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[98]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[99]<\/a> James Bamford, \u201cBody of secrets: Anatomy of the ultra-secret NSA<\/em>\u201d, Anchor Books, New York, 2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[101]<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"From sci-fi to nightmare: how spyware are used to track down opponents","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"from-sci-fi-to-nightmare-how-spyware-are-used-to-track-down-opponents","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3973","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":3939,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-06 00:02:15","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-06 00:02:15","post_content":"\n

\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[91]<\/a> https:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/200809010266.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[92]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nti.org\/gsn\/article\/danish-man-charged-with-wmd-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[93]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[94]<\/a> Elaman AG Malans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[95]<\/a> Holger G\u00fcnther Rumscheidt Kirchberg in Tirol<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[96]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[97]<\/a> https:\/\/www.webcitation.org\/5k8f6XouC?url=http:\/\/www.zianet.com\/jpage\/Bad%20Aibling%20Station%20-%20A%20Legacy%20of%20Excellence.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/military.wikia.org\/wiki\/Bad_Aibling_Station<\/a> ; Gottfried Mayr, \u201cDas Kriegsgefangenenlager PWE No. 26: Bad Aibling 1945-1946 : Massenschicksal \u2013 Einzelschicksale\u201c, Bad Aibling: Hist. Verein Bad Aibling und Umgebung, Bald Aibling 2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[98]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[99]<\/a> James Bamford, \u201cBody of secrets: Anatomy of the ultra-secret NSA<\/em>\u201d, Anchor Books, New York, 2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[100]<\/a> https:\/\/www.europarl.europa.eu\/sides\/getDoc.do?pubRef=-\/\/EP\/\/TEXT+REPORT+A5-2001-0264+0+DOC+XML+V0\/\/EN<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[92]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nti.org\/gsn\/article\/danish-man-charged-with-wmd-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[94]<\/a> Elaman AG Malans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[95]<\/a> Holger G\u00fcnther Rumscheidt Kirchberg in Tirol<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[89]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/06591222<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[91]<\/a> https:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/200809010266.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[92]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nti.org\/gsn\/article\/danish-man-charged-with-wmd-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[93]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[94]<\/a> Elaman AG Malans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[95]<\/a> Holger G\u00fcnther Rumscheidt Kirchberg in Tirol<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[96]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[97]<\/a> https:\/\/www.webcitation.org\/5k8f6XouC?url=http:\/\/www.zianet.com\/jpage\/Bad%20Aibling%20Station%20-%20A%20Legacy%20of%20Excellence.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/military.wikia.org\/wiki\/Bad_Aibling_Station<\/a> ; Gottfried Mayr, \u201cDas Kriegsgefangenenlager PWE No. 26: Bad Aibling 1945-1946 : Massenschicksal \u2013 Einzelschicksale\u201c, Bad Aibling: Hist. Verein Bad Aibling und Umgebung, Bald Aibling 2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[98]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[99]<\/a> James Bamford, \u201cBody of secrets: Anatomy of the ultra-secret NSA<\/em>\u201d, Anchor Books, New York, 2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[94]<\/a> Elaman AG Malans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[95]<\/a> Holger G\u00fcnther Rumscheidt Kirchberg in Tirol<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[94]<\/a> Elaman AG Malans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[95]<\/a> Holger G\u00fcnther Rumscheidt Kirchberg in Tirol<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[94]<\/a> Elaman AG Malans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[95]<\/a> Holger G\u00fcnther Rumscheidt Kirchberg in Tirol<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[91]<\/a> https:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/200809010266.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[92]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nti.org\/gsn\/article\/danish-man-charged-with-wmd-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[93]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[94]<\/a> Elaman AG Malans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[95]<\/a> Holger G\u00fcnther Rumscheidt Kirchberg in Tirol<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[96]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[99]<\/a> James Bamford, \u201cBody of secrets: Anatomy of the ultra-secret NSA<\/em>\u201d, Anchor Books, New York, 2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[100]<\/a> https:\/\/www.europarl.europa.eu\/sides\/getDoc.do?pubRef=-\/\/EP\/\/TEXT+REPORT+A5-2001-0264+0+DOC+XML+V0\/\/EN<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[99]<\/a> James Bamford, \u201cBody of secrets: Anatomy of the ultra-secret NSA<\/em>\u201d, Anchor Books, New York, 2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[94]<\/a> Elaman AG Malans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[95]<\/a> Holger G\u00fcnther Rumscheidt Kirchberg in Tirol<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[81]<\/a> U.S. Department of Commerce, Industry and Trade Administration, \u201cCommercial News USA<\/em>\u201d, U.S. Foreign Commercial Service, Washington DC, 1979, page 38<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[85]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/02088610<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[86]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[89]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/06591222<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[90]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[91]<\/a> https:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/200809010266.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[92]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nti.org\/gsn\/article\/danish-man-charged-with-wmd-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[93]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[94]<\/a> Elaman AG Malans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[95]<\/a> Holger G\u00fcnther Rumscheidt Kirchberg in Tirol<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[96]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[97]<\/a> https:\/\/www.webcitation.org\/5k8f6XouC?url=http:\/\/www.zianet.com\/jpage\/Bad%20Aibling%20Station%20-%20A%20Legacy%20of%20Excellence.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/military.wikia.org\/wiki\/Bad_Aibling_Station<\/a> ; Gottfried Mayr, \u201cDas Kriegsgefangenenlager PWE No. 26: Bad Aibling 1945-1946 : Massenschicksal \u2013 Einzelschicksale\u201c, Bad Aibling: Hist. Verein Bad Aibling und Umgebung, Bald Aibling 2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[98]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[99]<\/a> James Bamford, \u201cBody of secrets: Anatomy of the ultra-secret NSA<\/em>\u201d, Anchor Books, New York, 2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[79]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[81]<\/a> U.S. Department of Commerce, Industry and Trade Administration, \u201cCommercial News USA<\/em>\u201d, U.S. Foreign Commercial Service, Washington DC, 1979, page 38<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[82]<\/a> https:\/\/www.referenceforbusiness.com\/history2\/1\/CompuDyne-Corporation.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[83]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[84]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/hk\/0475615<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[85]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/02088610<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[86]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[87]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/01958854<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[88]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/05318642<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[89]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/06591222<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[90]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[91]<\/a> https:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/200809010266.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[92]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nti.org\/gsn\/article\/danish-man-charged-with-wmd-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[93]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[94]<\/a> Elaman AG Malans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[95]<\/a> Holger G\u00fcnther Rumscheidt Kirchberg in Tirol<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[96]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[97]<\/a> https:\/\/www.webcitation.org\/5k8f6XouC?url=http:\/\/www.zianet.com\/jpage\/Bad%20Aibling%20Station%20-%20A%20Legacy%20of%20Excellence.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/military.wikia.org\/wiki\/Bad_Aibling_Station<\/a> ; Gottfried Mayr, \u201cDas Kriegsgefangenenlager PWE No. 26: Bad Aibling 1945-1946 : Massenschicksal \u2013 Einzelschicksale\u201c, Bad Aibling: Hist. Verein Bad Aibling und Umgebung, Bald Aibling 2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[99]<\/a> James Bamford, \u201cBody of secrets: Anatomy of the ultra-secret NSA<\/em>\u201d, Anchor Books, New York, 2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[101]<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"From sci-fi to nightmare: how spyware are used to track down opponents","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"from-sci-fi-to-nightmare-how-spyware-are-used-to-track-down-opponents","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3973","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":3939,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-06 00:02:15","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-06 00:02:15","post_content":"\n

\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[77]<\/a> https:\/\/bigbrotherawards.de\/en\/2012\/technology-gamma-international<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[78]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/pdf\/gammagrouploutheannelsonwapenhandelaarspursang.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/slideum.com\/doc\/9973831\/gehele-observant-%2369--januari-2017-politie-mercenaries<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[79]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[95]<\/a> Holger G\u00fcnther Rumscheidt Kirchberg in Tirol<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[96]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[76]<\/a> https:\/\/citizenlab.ca\/2015\/10\/mapping-finfishers-continuing-proliferation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[77]<\/a> https:\/\/bigbrotherawards.de\/en\/2012\/technology-gamma-international<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[78]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/pdf\/gammagrouploutheannelsonwapenhandelaarspursang.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/slideum.com\/doc\/9973831\/gehele-observant-%2369--januari-2017-politie-mercenaries<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[79]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[81]<\/a> U.S. Department of Commerce, Industry and Trade Administration, \u201cCommercial News USA<\/em>\u201d, U.S. Foreign Commercial Service, Washington DC, 1979, page 38<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[82]<\/a> https:\/\/www.referenceforbusiness.com\/history2\/1\/CompuDyne-Corporation.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[85]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/02088610<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[86]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[92]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nti.org\/gsn\/article\/danish-man-charged-with-wmd-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[94]<\/a> Elaman AG Malans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[95]<\/a> Holger G\u00fcnther Rumscheidt Kirchberg in Tirol<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[96]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[97]<\/a> https:\/\/www.webcitation.org\/5k8f6XouC?url=http:\/\/www.zianet.com\/jpage\/Bad%20Aibling%20Station%20-%20A%20Legacy%20of%20Excellence.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/military.wikia.org\/wiki\/Bad_Aibling_Station<\/a> ; Gottfried Mayr, \u201cDas Kriegsgefangenenlager PWE No. 26: Bad Aibling 1945-1946 : Massenschicksal \u2013 Einzelschicksale\u201c, Bad Aibling: Hist. Verein Bad Aibling und Umgebung, Bald Aibling 2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[99]<\/a> James Bamford, \u201cBody of secrets: Anatomy of the ultra-secret NSA<\/em>\u201d, Anchor Books, New York, 2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[101]<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"From sci-fi to nightmare: how spyware are used to track down opponents","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"from-sci-fi-to-nightmare-how-spyware-are-used-to-track-down-opponents","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3973","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":3939,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-06 00:02:15","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-06 00:02:15","post_content":"\n

\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[92]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nti.org\/gsn\/article\/danish-man-charged-with-wmd-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[94]<\/a> Elaman AG Malans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[95]<\/a> Holger G\u00fcnther Rumscheidt Kirchberg in Tirol<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[96]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[98]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[99]<\/a> James Bamford, \u201cBody of secrets: Anatomy of the ultra-secret NSA<\/em>\u201d, Anchor Books, New York, 2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[77]<\/a> https:\/\/bigbrotherawards.de\/en\/2012\/technology-gamma-international<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[81]<\/a> U.S. Department of Commerce, Industry and Trade Administration, \u201cCommercial News USA<\/em>\u201d, U.S. Foreign Commercial Service, Washington DC, 1979, page 38<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[82]<\/a> https:\/\/www.referenceforbusiness.com\/history2\/1\/CompuDyne-Corporation.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[84]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/hk\/0475615<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[85]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/02088610<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[86]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[91]<\/a> https:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/200809010266.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[92]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nti.org\/gsn\/article\/danish-man-charged-with-wmd-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[94]<\/a> Elaman AG Malans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[95]<\/a> Holger G\u00fcnther Rumscheidt Kirchberg in Tirol<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[98]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[99]<\/a> James Bamford, \u201cBody of secrets: Anatomy of the ultra-secret NSA<\/em>\u201d, Anchor Books, New York, 2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[101]<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"From sci-fi to nightmare: how spyware are used to track down opponents","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"from-sci-fi-to-nightmare-how-spyware-are-used-to-track-down-opponents","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3973","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":3939,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-06 00:02:15","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-06 00:02:15","post_content":"\n

\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[75]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/tecnologia\/2015\/07\/12\/news\/segreti-concorrenza-e-fobie-tutti-i-punti-deboli-di-hacking-team-1.35241096<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[76]<\/a> https:\/\/citizenlab.ca\/2015\/10\/mapping-finfishers-continuing-proliferation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[77]<\/a> https:\/\/bigbrotherawards.de\/en\/2012\/technology-gamma-international<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[78]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/pdf\/gammagrouploutheannelsonwapenhandelaarspursang.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/slideum.com\/doc\/9973831\/gehele-observant-%2369--januari-2017-politie-mercenaries<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[79]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[81]<\/a> U.S. Department of Commerce, Industry and Trade Administration, \u201cCommercial News USA<\/em>\u201d, U.S. Foreign Commercial Service, Washington DC, 1979, page 38<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[82]<\/a> https:\/\/www.referenceforbusiness.com\/history2\/1\/CompuDyne-Corporation.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[83]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[84]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/hk\/0475615<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[85]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/02088610<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[86]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[87]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/01958854<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[88]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/05318642<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[89]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/06591222<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[90]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[92]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nti.org\/gsn\/article\/danish-man-charged-with-wmd-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[94]<\/a> Elaman AG Malans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[95]<\/a> Holger G\u00fcnther Rumscheidt Kirchberg in Tirol<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[96]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[98]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[99]<\/a> James Bamford, \u201cBody of secrets: Anatomy of the ultra-secret NSA<\/em>\u201d, Anchor Books, New York, 2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[99]<\/a> James Bamford, \u201cBody of secrets: Anatomy of the ultra-secret NSA<\/em>\u201d, Anchor Books, New York, 2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[100]<\/a> https:\/\/www.europarl.europa.eu\/sides\/getDoc.do?pubRef=-\/\/EP\/\/TEXT+REPORT+A5-2001-0264+0+DOC+XML+V0\/\/EN<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[67]<\/a> https:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/home\/security-news\/finfisher-command-and-control-hubs-turn-up-in-11-new-countries\/<\/a> ; 2013.04.01 SC Magazine on FinFisher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[68]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/german-prosecutors-investigate-spyware-maker-finfisher\/a-50293812<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[69]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/2020\/unsere-strafanzeige-razzia-bei-staatstrojaner-firma-finfisher-in-muenchen\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[70]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/intelligence_privacy\/avira-lantivirus-comprato-dai-servizi-segreti-del-golfo-persico\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/blogs.mediapart.fr\/paolo-fusi\/blog\/260920\/le-hacker-militaire-qui-achete-avira<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[71]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/research\/2020\/09\/german-made-finspy-spyware-found-in-egypt-and-mac-and-linux-versions-revealed\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[72]<\/a> https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/BL-DGB-23568<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/technology\/apple\/8912714\/Apple-iTunes-flaw-allowed-government-spying-for-3-years.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/krebsonsecurity.com\/2011\/11\/apple-took-3-years-to-fix-finfisher-trojan-hole\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2012-07-25\/cyber-attacks-on-activists-traced-to-finfisher-spyware-of-gamma<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[75]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/tecnologia\/2015\/07\/12\/news\/segreti-concorrenza-e-fobie-tutti-i-punti-deboli-di-hacking-team-1.35241096<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[76]<\/a> https:\/\/citizenlab.ca\/2015\/10\/mapping-finfishers-continuing-proliferation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[77]<\/a> https:\/\/bigbrotherawards.de\/en\/2012\/technology-gamma-international<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[78]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/pdf\/gammagrouploutheannelsonwapenhandelaarspursang.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/slideum.com\/doc\/9973831\/gehele-observant-%2369--januari-2017-politie-mercenaries<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[79]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[81]<\/a> U.S. Department of Commerce, Industry and Trade Administration, \u201cCommercial News USA<\/em>\u201d, U.S. Foreign Commercial Service, Washington DC, 1979, page 38<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[82]<\/a> https:\/\/www.referenceforbusiness.com\/history2\/1\/CompuDyne-Corporation.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[83]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[84]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/hk\/0475615<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[85]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/02088610<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[86]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[87]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/01958854<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[88]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/05318642<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[89]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/06591222<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[90]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[91]<\/a> https:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/200809010266.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[92]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nti.org\/gsn\/article\/danish-man-charged-with-wmd-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[93]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[94]<\/a> Elaman AG Malans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[95]<\/a> Holger G\u00fcnther Rumscheidt Kirchberg in Tirol<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[96]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[97]<\/a> https:\/\/www.webcitation.org\/5k8f6XouC?url=http:\/\/www.zianet.com\/jpage\/Bad%20Aibling%20Station%20-%20A%20Legacy%20of%20Excellence.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/military.wikia.org\/wiki\/Bad_Aibling_Station<\/a> ; Gottfried Mayr, \u201cDas Kriegsgefangenenlager PWE No. 26: Bad Aibling 1945-1946 : Massenschicksal \u2013 Einzelschicksale\u201c, Bad Aibling: Hist. Verein Bad Aibling und Umgebung, Bald Aibling 2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[98]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[99]<\/a> James Bamford, \u201cBody of secrets: Anatomy of the ultra-secret NSA<\/em>\u201d, Anchor Books, New York, 2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[100]<\/a> https:\/\/www.europarl.europa.eu\/sides\/getDoc.do?pubRef=-\/\/EP\/\/TEXT+REPORT+A5-2001-0264+0+DOC+XML+V0\/\/EN<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[101]<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"From sci-fi to nightmare: how spyware are used to track down opponents","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"from-sci-fi-to-nightmare-how-spyware-are-used-to-track-down-opponents","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3973","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":3939,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-06 00:02:15","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-06 00:02:15","post_content":"\n

\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[99]<\/a> James Bamford, \u201cBody of secrets: Anatomy of the ultra-secret NSA<\/em>\u201d, Anchor Books, New York, 2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[94]<\/a> Elaman AG Malans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[95]<\/a> Holger G\u00fcnther Rumscheidt Kirchberg in Tirol<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[76]<\/a> https:\/\/citizenlab.ca\/2015\/10\/mapping-finfishers-continuing-proliferation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[77]<\/a> https:\/\/bigbrotherawards.de\/en\/2012\/technology-gamma-international<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[78]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/pdf\/gammagrouploutheannelsonwapenhandelaarspursang.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/slideum.com\/doc\/9973831\/gehele-observant-%2369--januari-2017-politie-mercenaries<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[81]<\/a> U.S. Department of Commerce, Industry and Trade Administration, \u201cCommercial News USA<\/em>\u201d, U.S. Foreign Commercial Service, Washington DC, 1979, page 38<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[82]<\/a> https:\/\/www.referenceforbusiness.com\/history2\/1\/CompuDyne-Corporation.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[85]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/02088610<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[92]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nti.org\/gsn\/article\/danish-man-charged-with-wmd-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[94]<\/a> Elaman AG Malans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[95]<\/a> Holger G\u00fcnther Rumscheidt Kirchberg in Tirol<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[99]<\/a> James Bamford, \u201cBody of secrets: Anatomy of the ultra-secret NSA<\/em>\u201d, Anchor Books, New York, 2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[67]<\/a> https:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/home\/security-news\/finfisher-command-and-control-hubs-turn-up-in-11-new-countries\/<\/a> ; 2013.04.01 SC Magazine on FinFisher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[68]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/german-prosecutors-investigate-spyware-maker-finfisher\/a-50293812<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[70]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/intelligence_privacy\/avira-lantivirus-comprato-dai-servizi-segreti-del-golfo-persico\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/blogs.mediapart.fr\/paolo-fusi\/blog\/260920\/le-hacker-militaire-qui-achete-avira<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[71]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/research\/2020\/09\/german-made-finspy-spyware-found-in-egypt-and-mac-and-linux-versions-revealed\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[63]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 6-7, page 12<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[65]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/privacy-international-complaint-to-uk-ncp-about-gamma-international-uk-ltd<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[66]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/finfisher-malicious-spyware-disguised-mozilla-firefox-discovered-36-countries-1233177<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[67]<\/a> https:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/home\/security-news\/finfisher-command-and-control-hubs-turn-up-in-11-new-countries\/<\/a> ; 2013.04.01 SC Magazine on FinFisher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[68]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/german-prosecutors-investigate-spyware-maker-finfisher\/a-50293812<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[69]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/2020\/unsere-strafanzeige-razzia-bei-staatstrojaner-firma-finfisher-in-muenchen\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[70]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/intelligence_privacy\/avira-lantivirus-comprato-dai-servizi-segreti-del-golfo-persico\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/blogs.mediapart.fr\/paolo-fusi\/blog\/260920\/le-hacker-militaire-qui-achete-avira<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[71]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/research\/2020\/09\/german-made-finspy-spyware-found-in-egypt-and-mac-and-linux-versions-revealed\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[72]<\/a> https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/BL-DGB-23568<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/technology\/apple\/8912714\/Apple-iTunes-flaw-allowed-government-spying-for-3-years.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/krebsonsecurity.com\/2011\/11\/apple-took-3-years-to-fix-finfisher-trojan-hole\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2012-07-25\/cyber-attacks-on-activists-traced-to-finfisher-spyware-of-gamma<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[75]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/tecnologia\/2015\/07\/12\/news\/segreti-concorrenza-e-fobie-tutti-i-punti-deboli-di-hacking-team-1.35241096<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[76]<\/a> https:\/\/citizenlab.ca\/2015\/10\/mapping-finfishers-continuing-proliferation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[77]<\/a> https:\/\/bigbrotherawards.de\/en\/2012\/technology-gamma-international<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[78]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/pdf\/gammagrouploutheannelsonwapenhandelaarspursang.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/slideum.com\/doc\/9973831\/gehele-observant-%2369--januari-2017-politie-mercenaries<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[79]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[81]<\/a> U.S. Department of Commerce, Industry and Trade Administration, \u201cCommercial News USA<\/em>\u201d, U.S. Foreign Commercial Service, Washington DC, 1979, page 38<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[82]<\/a> https:\/\/www.referenceforbusiness.com\/history2\/1\/CompuDyne-Corporation.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[83]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[84]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/hk\/0475615<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[85]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/02088610<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[86]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[87]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/01958854<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[88]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/05318642<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[89]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/06591222<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[90]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[91]<\/a> https:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/200809010266.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[92]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nti.org\/gsn\/article\/danish-man-charged-with-wmd-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[93]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[94]<\/a> Elaman AG Malans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[95]<\/a> Holger G\u00fcnther Rumscheidt Kirchberg in Tirol<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[96]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[97]<\/a> https:\/\/www.webcitation.org\/5k8f6XouC?url=http:\/\/www.zianet.com\/jpage\/Bad%20Aibling%20Station%20-%20A%20Legacy%20of%20Excellence.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/military.wikia.org\/wiki\/Bad_Aibling_Station<\/a> ; Gottfried Mayr, \u201cDas Kriegsgefangenenlager PWE No. 26: Bad Aibling 1945-1946 : Massenschicksal \u2013 Einzelschicksale\u201c, Bad Aibling: Hist. Verein Bad Aibling und Umgebung, Bald Aibling 2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[98]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[99]<\/a> James Bamford, \u201cBody of secrets: Anatomy of the ultra-secret NSA<\/em>\u201d, Anchor Books, New York, 2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[100]<\/a> https:\/\/www.europarl.europa.eu\/sides\/getDoc.do?pubRef=-\/\/EP\/\/TEXT+REPORT+A5-2001-0264+0+DOC+XML+V0\/\/EN<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[101]<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"From sci-fi to nightmare: how spyware are used to track down opponents","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"from-sci-fi-to-nightmare-how-spyware-are-used-to-track-down-opponents","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3973","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":3939,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-06 00:02:15","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-06 00:02:15","post_content":"\n

\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[77]<\/a> https:\/\/bigbrotherawards.de\/en\/2012\/technology-gamma-international<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[82]<\/a> https:\/\/www.referenceforbusiness.com\/history2\/1\/CompuDyne-Corporation.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[94]<\/a> Elaman AG Malans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[95]<\/a> Holger G\u00fcnther Rumscheidt Kirchberg in Tirol<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[99]<\/a> James Bamford, \u201cBody of secrets: Anatomy of the ultra-secret NSA<\/em>\u201d, Anchor Books, New York, 2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[101]<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"From sci-fi to nightmare: how spyware are used to track down opponents","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"from-sci-fi-to-nightmare-how-spyware-are-used-to-track-down-opponents","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3973","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":3939,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-06 00:02:15","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-06 00:02:15","post_content":"\n

\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[60]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[61]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecchr.eu\/en\/about-us\/?L=2<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[62]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 4-5<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[63]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 6-7, page 12<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[65]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/privacy-international-complaint-to-uk-ncp-about-gamma-international-uk-ltd<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[66]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/finfisher-malicious-spyware-disguised-mozilla-firefox-discovered-36-countries-1233177<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[68]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/german-prosecutors-investigate-spyware-maker-finfisher\/a-50293812<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[69]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/2020\/unsere-strafanzeige-razzia-bei-staatstrojaner-firma-finfisher-in-muenchen\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[70]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/intelligence_privacy\/avira-lantivirus-comprato-dai-servizi-segreti-del-golfo-persico\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/blogs.mediapart.fr\/paolo-fusi\/blog\/260920\/le-hacker-militaire-qui-achete-avira<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[71]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/research\/2020\/09\/german-made-finspy-spyware-found-in-egypt-and-mac-and-linux-versions-revealed\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[72]<\/a> https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/BL-DGB-23568<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/technology\/apple\/8912714\/Apple-iTunes-flaw-allowed-government-spying-for-3-years.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/krebsonsecurity.com\/2011\/11\/apple-took-3-years-to-fix-finfisher-trojan-hole\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2012-07-25\/cyber-attacks-on-activists-traced-to-finfisher-spyware-of-gamma<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[75]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/tecnologia\/2015\/07\/12\/news\/segreti-concorrenza-e-fobie-tutti-i-punti-deboli-di-hacking-team-1.35241096<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[76]<\/a> https:\/\/citizenlab.ca\/2015\/10\/mapping-finfishers-continuing-proliferation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[77]<\/a> https:\/\/bigbrotherawards.de\/en\/2012\/technology-gamma-international<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[78]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/pdf\/gammagrouploutheannelsonwapenhandelaarspursang.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/slideum.com\/doc\/9973831\/gehele-observant-%2369--januari-2017-politie-mercenaries<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[79]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[81]<\/a> U.S. Department of Commerce, Industry and Trade Administration, \u201cCommercial News USA<\/em>\u201d, U.S. Foreign Commercial Service, Washington DC, 1979, page 38<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[82]<\/a> https:\/\/www.referenceforbusiness.com\/history2\/1\/CompuDyne-Corporation.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[84]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/hk\/0475615<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[85]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/02088610<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[86]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[87]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/01958854<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[89]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/06591222<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[92]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nti.org\/gsn\/article\/danish-man-charged-with-wmd-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[94]<\/a> Elaman AG Malans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[98]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[99]<\/a> James Bamford, \u201cBody of secrets: Anatomy of the ultra-secret NSA<\/em>\u201d, Anchor Books, New York, 2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[92]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nti.org\/gsn\/article\/danish-man-charged-with-wmd-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[94]<\/a> Elaman AG Malans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[95]<\/a> Holger G\u00fcnther Rumscheidt Kirchberg in Tirol<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[101]<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"From sci-fi to nightmare: how spyware are used to track down opponents","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"from-sci-fi-to-nightmare-how-spyware-are-used-to-track-down-opponents","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3973","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":3939,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-06 00:02:15","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-06 00:02:15","post_content":"\n

\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[77]<\/a> https:\/\/bigbrotherawards.de\/en\/2012\/technology-gamma-international<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[94]<\/a> Elaman AG Malans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[99]<\/a> James Bamford, \u201cBody of secrets: Anatomy of the ultra-secret NSA<\/em>\u201d, Anchor Books, New York, 2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[101]<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"From sci-fi to nightmare: how spyware are used to track down opponents","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"from-sci-fi-to-nightmare-how-spyware-are-used-to-track-down-opponents","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3973","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":3939,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-06 00:02:15","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-06 00:02:15","post_content":"\n

\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[58]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reporter-ohne-grenzen.de\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/freiheitsrechte.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[60]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[61]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecchr.eu\/en\/about-us\/?L=2<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[63]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 6-7, page 12<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[64]<\/a> https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847361\/UK-NCP-initial-complaint-privacy-international-and-others-against-gamma-international-uk-ltd.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847362\/UK-NCP-Final-statement-complaint-Privacy-International-Gamma-International-UK-Ltd.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847364\/uk-ncp-follow-up-statement-privacy-international-gamma-international.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[65]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/privacy-international-complaint-to-uk-ncp-about-gamma-international-uk-ltd<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[66]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/finfisher-malicious-spyware-disguised-mozilla-firefox-discovered-36-countries-1233177<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[67]<\/a> https:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/home\/security-news\/finfisher-command-and-control-hubs-turn-up-in-11-new-countries\/<\/a> ; 2013.04.01 SC Magazine on FinFisher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[68]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/german-prosecutors-investigate-spyware-maker-finfisher\/a-50293812<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[69]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/2020\/unsere-strafanzeige-razzia-bei-staatstrojaner-firma-finfisher-in-muenchen\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[70]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/intelligence_privacy\/avira-lantivirus-comprato-dai-servizi-segreti-del-golfo-persico\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/blogs.mediapart.fr\/paolo-fusi\/blog\/260920\/le-hacker-militaire-qui-achete-avira<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[71]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/research\/2020\/09\/german-made-finspy-spyware-found-in-egypt-and-mac-and-linux-versions-revealed\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[72]<\/a> https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/BL-DGB-23568<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/technology\/apple\/8912714\/Apple-iTunes-flaw-allowed-government-spying-for-3-years.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/krebsonsecurity.com\/2011\/11\/apple-took-3-years-to-fix-finfisher-trojan-hole\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2012-07-25\/cyber-attacks-on-activists-traced-to-finfisher-spyware-of-gamma<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[75]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/tecnologia\/2015\/07\/12\/news\/segreti-concorrenza-e-fobie-tutti-i-punti-deboli-di-hacking-team-1.35241096<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[76]<\/a> https:\/\/citizenlab.ca\/2015\/10\/mapping-finfishers-continuing-proliferation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[77]<\/a> https:\/\/bigbrotherawards.de\/en\/2012\/technology-gamma-international<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[78]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/pdf\/gammagrouploutheannelsonwapenhandelaarspursang.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/slideum.com\/doc\/9973831\/gehele-observant-%2369--januari-2017-politie-mercenaries<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[79]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[81]<\/a> U.S. Department of Commerce, Industry and Trade Administration, \u201cCommercial News USA<\/em>\u201d, U.S. Foreign Commercial Service, Washington DC, 1979, page 38<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[82]<\/a> https:\/\/www.referenceforbusiness.com\/history2\/1\/CompuDyne-Corporation.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[83]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[84]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/hk\/0475615<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[85]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/02088610<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[86]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[87]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/01958854<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[88]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/05318642<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[89]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/06591222<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[90]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[91]<\/a> https:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/200809010266.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[92]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nti.org\/gsn\/article\/danish-man-charged-with-wmd-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[94]<\/a> Elaman AG Malans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[95]<\/a> Holger G\u00fcnther Rumscheidt Kirchberg in Tirol<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[98]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[99]<\/a> James Bamford, \u201cBody of secrets: Anatomy of the ultra-secret NSA<\/em>\u201d, Anchor Books, New York, 2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[67]<\/a> https:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/home\/security-news\/finfisher-command-and-control-hubs-turn-up-in-11-new-countries\/<\/a> ; 2013.04.01 SC Magazine on FinFisher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[68]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/german-prosecutors-investigate-spyware-maker-finfisher\/a-50293812<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[66]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/finfisher-malicious-spyware-disguised-mozilla-firefox-discovered-36-countries-1233177<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[67]<\/a> https:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/home\/security-news\/finfisher-command-and-control-hubs-turn-up-in-11-new-countries\/<\/a> ; 2013.04.01 SC Magazine on FinFisher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[69]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/2020\/unsere-strafanzeige-razzia-bei-staatstrojaner-firma-finfisher-in-muenchen\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[75]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/tecnologia\/2015\/07\/12\/news\/segreti-concorrenza-e-fobie-tutti-i-punti-deboli-di-hacking-team-1.35241096<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[76]<\/a> https:\/\/citizenlab.ca\/2015\/10\/mapping-finfishers-continuing-proliferation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[77]<\/a> https:\/\/bigbrotherawards.de\/en\/2012\/technology-gamma-international<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[78]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/pdf\/gammagrouploutheannelsonwapenhandelaarspursang.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/slideum.com\/doc\/9973831\/gehele-observant-%2369--januari-2017-politie-mercenaries<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[79]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[81]<\/a> U.S. Department of Commerce, Industry and Trade Administration, \u201cCommercial News USA<\/em>\u201d, U.S. Foreign Commercial Service, Washington DC, 1979, page 38<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[82]<\/a> https:\/\/www.referenceforbusiness.com\/history2\/1\/CompuDyne-Corporation.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[84]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/hk\/0475615<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[85]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/02088610<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[92]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nti.org\/gsn\/article\/danish-man-charged-with-wmd-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[94]<\/a> Elaman AG Malans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[95]<\/a> Holger G\u00fcnther Rumscheidt Kirchberg in Tirol<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[99]<\/a> James Bamford, \u201cBody of secrets: Anatomy of the ultra-secret NSA<\/em>\u201d, Anchor Books, New York, 2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[52]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/cellmate-teacher-abducted-by-turkeys-mit-from-malaysia-subjected-to-torture-in-ankara\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligences-captures-feto-suspect-in-malaysia-146188<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-mongolia-kidnapping-turkey-idUSKBN1KI03N<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/pakistan\/pakistan-admits-they-secretly-deported-turkish-family-wanted-by-erdogan-govt-4895423\/lite\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[56]<\/a> https:\/\/securityaffairs.co\/wordpress\/41169\/breaking-news\/finfisher-spyware-new-customers.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[58]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reporter-ohne-grenzen.de\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/freiheitsrechte.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[60]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[62]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 4-5<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[63]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 6-7, page 12<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[65]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/privacy-international-complaint-to-uk-ncp-about-gamma-international-uk-ltd<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[66]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/finfisher-malicious-spyware-disguised-mozilla-firefox-discovered-36-countries-1233177<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[67]<\/a> https:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/home\/security-news\/finfisher-command-and-control-hubs-turn-up-in-11-new-countries\/<\/a> ; 2013.04.01 SC Magazine on FinFisher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[68]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/german-prosecutors-investigate-spyware-maker-finfisher\/a-50293812<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[69]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/2020\/unsere-strafanzeige-razzia-bei-staatstrojaner-firma-finfisher-in-muenchen\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[70]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/intelligence_privacy\/avira-lantivirus-comprato-dai-servizi-segreti-del-golfo-persico\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/blogs.mediapart.fr\/paolo-fusi\/blog\/260920\/le-hacker-militaire-qui-achete-avira<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[71]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/research\/2020\/09\/german-made-finspy-spyware-found-in-egypt-and-mac-and-linux-versions-revealed\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[72]<\/a> https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/BL-DGB-23568<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/technology\/apple\/8912714\/Apple-iTunes-flaw-allowed-government-spying-for-3-years.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/krebsonsecurity.com\/2011\/11\/apple-took-3-years-to-fix-finfisher-trojan-hole\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2012-07-25\/cyber-attacks-on-activists-traced-to-finfisher-spyware-of-gamma<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[75]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/tecnologia\/2015\/07\/12\/news\/segreti-concorrenza-e-fobie-tutti-i-punti-deboli-di-hacking-team-1.35241096<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[76]<\/a> https:\/\/citizenlab.ca\/2015\/10\/mapping-finfishers-continuing-proliferation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[77]<\/a> https:\/\/bigbrotherawards.de\/en\/2012\/technology-gamma-international<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[78]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/pdf\/gammagrouploutheannelsonwapenhandelaarspursang.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/slideum.com\/doc\/9973831\/gehele-observant-%2369--januari-2017-politie-mercenaries<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[79]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[81]<\/a> U.S. Department of Commerce, Industry and Trade Administration, \u201cCommercial News USA<\/em>\u201d, U.S. Foreign Commercial Service, Washington DC, 1979, page 38<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[82]<\/a> https:\/\/www.referenceforbusiness.com\/history2\/1\/CompuDyne-Corporation.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[84]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/hk\/0475615<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[85]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/02088610<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[86]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[87]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/01958854<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[89]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/06591222<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[92]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nti.org\/gsn\/article\/danish-man-charged-with-wmd-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[94]<\/a> Elaman AG Malans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[52]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/cellmate-teacher-abducted-by-turkeys-mit-from-malaysia-subjected-to-torture-in-ankara\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligences-captures-feto-suspect-in-malaysia-146188<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-mongolia-kidnapping-turkey-idUSKBN1KI03N<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/pakistan\/pakistan-admits-they-secretly-deported-turkish-family-wanted-by-erdogan-govt-4895423\/lite\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turkish_involvement_in_the_Syrian_civil_war<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/securityaffairs.co\/wordpress\/41169\/breaking-news\/finfisher-spyware-new-customers.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.business-humanrights.org\/en\/latest-news\/german-prosecutor-to-investigate-finfisher-for-allegedly-selling-spyware-used-against-journalists-and-activists-in-turkey-without-license\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.ecchr.eu\/en\/press-release\/german-prosecutor-opens-criminal-investiation-into-finfisher-for-selling-spyware-to-turkey-without-license\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reporter-ohne-grenzen.de\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/freiheitsrechte.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[60]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[61]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecchr.eu\/en\/about-us\/?L=2<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[62]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 4-5<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[63]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 6-7, page 12<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[64]<\/a> https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847361\/UK-NCP-initial-complaint-privacy-international-and-others-against-gamma-international-uk-ltd.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847362\/UK-NCP-Final-statement-complaint-Privacy-International-Gamma-International-UK-Ltd.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847364\/uk-ncp-follow-up-statement-privacy-international-gamma-international.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[65]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/privacy-international-complaint-to-uk-ncp-about-gamma-international-uk-ltd<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[66]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/finfisher-malicious-spyware-disguised-mozilla-firefox-discovered-36-countries-1233177<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[67]<\/a> https:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/home\/security-news\/finfisher-command-and-control-hubs-turn-up-in-11-new-countries\/<\/a> ; 2013.04.01 SC Magazine on FinFisher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[68]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/german-prosecutors-investigate-spyware-maker-finfisher\/a-50293812<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[69]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/2020\/unsere-strafanzeige-razzia-bei-staatstrojaner-firma-finfisher-in-muenchen\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[71]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/research\/2020\/09\/german-made-finspy-spyware-found-in-egypt-and-mac-and-linux-versions-revealed\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[76]<\/a> https:\/\/citizenlab.ca\/2015\/10\/mapping-finfishers-continuing-proliferation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[77]<\/a> https:\/\/bigbrotherawards.de\/en\/2012\/technology-gamma-international<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[78]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/pdf\/gammagrouploutheannelsonwapenhandelaarspursang.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/slideum.com\/doc\/9973831\/gehele-observant-%2369--januari-2017-politie-mercenaries<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[81]<\/a> U.S. Department of Commerce, Industry and Trade Administration, \u201cCommercial News USA<\/em>\u201d, U.S. Foreign Commercial Service, Washington DC, 1979, page 38<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[82]<\/a> https:\/\/www.referenceforbusiness.com\/history2\/1\/CompuDyne-Corporation.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[85]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/02088610<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[86]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[94]<\/a> Elaman AG Malans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[95]<\/a> Holger G\u00fcnther Rumscheidt Kirchberg in Tirol<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[52]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/cellmate-teacher-abducted-by-turkeys-mit-from-malaysia-subjected-to-torture-in-ankara\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligences-captures-feto-suspect-in-malaysia-146188<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[63]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 6-7, page 12<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[67]<\/a> https:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/home\/security-news\/finfisher-command-and-control-hubs-turn-up-in-11-new-countries\/<\/a> ; 2013.04.01 SC Magazine on FinFisher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[69]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/2020\/unsere-strafanzeige-razzia-bei-staatstrojaner-firma-finfisher-in-muenchen\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[98]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[99]<\/a> James Bamford, \u201cBody of secrets: Anatomy of the ultra-secret NSA<\/em>\u201d, Anchor Books, New York, 2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[92]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nti.org\/gsn\/article\/danish-man-charged-with-wmd-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[94]<\/a> Elaman AG Malans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[76]<\/a> https:\/\/citizenlab.ca\/2015\/10\/mapping-finfishers-continuing-proliferation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[77]<\/a> https:\/\/bigbrotherawards.de\/en\/2012\/technology-gamma-international<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[76]<\/a> https:\/\/citizenlab.ca\/2015\/10\/mapping-finfishers-continuing-proliferation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[77]<\/a> https:\/\/bigbrotherawards.de\/en\/2012\/technology-gamma-international<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[94]<\/a> Elaman AG Malans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-egypt-court\/egypt-detains-29-people-on-suspicion-of-espionage-for-turkey-idUSKBN1DM1AN<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.egypttoday.com\/Article\/1\/33764\/In-Pictures-Egypt-foils-Turkish-espionage-attempt<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-agency-brings-three-feto-members-from-gabon-to-turkey-130050<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/turkey\/turkish-intelligence-agency-rescues-a-kidnapped-italian-citizen-in-kenya-36192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20190807-libyan-national-army-turkish-intelligence-is-operating-in-tripoli\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/11\/27\/senior-feto-figure-captured-by-turkish-intelligence-in-sudan\/amp<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/07\/turkish-diplomats-have-extensively-spied-on-critics-in-the-united-states\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/1101683.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intel-returns-wanted-feto-from-azerbaijan-140108<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/06\/turkish-diplomats-spy-on-erdogan-critics-in-georgia-secret-document-reveals\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2019\/04\/22\/4-pkk-terrorists-brought-to-turkey-from-iraq-in-operation-by-turkish-intelligence<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/news\/pkk-confirms-capture-two-turkish-spies-iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.presstv.com\/Detail\/2017\/08\/29\/533306\/PKK-Turkish-officers-spying-Iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.sabah.com.tr\/gundem\/2019\/07\/07\/son-dakika-teror-orgutu-pkkkcknin-sozde-baskanlik-konseyi-uyesi-diyar-garip-muhammed-etkisiz-hale-getirildi<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thedefensepost.com\/2018\/08\/15\/turkey-airstrike-pkk-sinjar-iraq\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/menafn.com\/1098975780\/Turkish-warplanes-neutralize-4-PKK-terrorists-In-Iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2019\/09\/16\/3-pkk-terrorists-neutralized-by-turkish-jets-in-northern-iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkey-neutralizes-senior-female-ypg-pkk-terrorist-150730<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/cellmate-teacher-abducted-by-turkeys-mit-from-malaysia-subjected-to-torture-in-ankara\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligences-captures-feto-suspect-in-malaysia-146188<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-mongolia-kidnapping-turkey-idUSKBN1KI03N<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/pakistan\/pakistan-admits-they-secretly-deported-turkish-family-wanted-by-erdogan-govt-4895423\/lite\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turkish_involvement_in_the_Syrian_civil_war<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/securityaffairs.co\/wordpress\/41169\/breaking-news\/finfisher-spyware-new-customers.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.business-humanrights.org\/en\/latest-news\/german-prosecutor-to-investigate-finfisher-for-allegedly-selling-spyware-used-against-journalists-and-activists-in-turkey-without-license\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.ecchr.eu\/en\/press-release\/german-prosecutor-opens-criminal-investiation-into-finfisher-for-selling-spyware-to-turkey-without-license\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reporter-ohne-grenzen.de\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/freiheitsrechte.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[60]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[61]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecchr.eu\/en\/about-us\/?L=2<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[62]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 4-5<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[63]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 6-7, page 12<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[64]<\/a> https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847361\/UK-NCP-initial-complaint-privacy-international-and-others-against-gamma-international-uk-ltd.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847362\/UK-NCP-Final-statement-complaint-Privacy-International-Gamma-International-UK-Ltd.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847364\/uk-ncp-follow-up-statement-privacy-international-gamma-international.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[65]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/privacy-international-complaint-to-uk-ncp-about-gamma-international-uk-ltd<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[66]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/finfisher-malicious-spyware-disguised-mozilla-firefox-discovered-36-countries-1233177<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[67]<\/a> https:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/home\/security-news\/finfisher-command-and-control-hubs-turn-up-in-11-new-countries\/<\/a> ; 2013.04.01 SC Magazine on FinFisher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[68]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/german-prosecutors-investigate-spyware-maker-finfisher\/a-50293812<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[69]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/2020\/unsere-strafanzeige-razzia-bei-staatstrojaner-firma-finfisher-in-muenchen\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[70]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/intelligence_privacy\/avira-lantivirus-comprato-dai-servizi-segreti-del-golfo-persico\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/blogs.mediapart.fr\/paolo-fusi\/blog\/260920\/le-hacker-militaire-qui-achete-avira<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[71]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/research\/2020\/09\/german-made-finspy-spyware-found-in-egypt-and-mac-and-linux-versions-revealed\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[72]<\/a> https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/BL-DGB-23568<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/technology\/apple\/8912714\/Apple-iTunes-flaw-allowed-government-spying-for-3-years.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/krebsonsecurity.com\/2011\/11\/apple-took-3-years-to-fix-finfisher-trojan-hole\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2012-07-25\/cyber-attacks-on-activists-traced-to-finfisher-spyware-of-gamma<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[75]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/tecnologia\/2015\/07\/12\/news\/segreti-concorrenza-e-fobie-tutti-i-punti-deboli-di-hacking-team-1.35241096<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[76]<\/a> https:\/\/citizenlab.ca\/2015\/10\/mapping-finfishers-continuing-proliferation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[77]<\/a> https:\/\/bigbrotherawards.de\/en\/2012\/technology-gamma-international<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[78]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/pdf\/gammagrouploutheannelsonwapenhandelaarspursang.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/slideum.com\/doc\/9973831\/gehele-observant-%2369--januari-2017-politie-mercenaries<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[79]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[81]<\/a> U.S. Department of Commerce, Industry and Trade Administration, \u201cCommercial News USA<\/em>\u201d, U.S. Foreign Commercial Service, Washington DC, 1979, page 38<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[82]<\/a> https:\/\/www.referenceforbusiness.com\/history2\/1\/CompuDyne-Corporation.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[83]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[84]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/hk\/0475615<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[85]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/02088610<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[86]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[87]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/01958854<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[88]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/05318642<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[89]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/06591222<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[90]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[91]<\/a> https:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/200809010266.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[92]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nti.org\/gsn\/article\/danish-man-charged-with-wmd-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[93]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[94]<\/a> Elaman AG Malans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[95]<\/a> Holger G\u00fcnther Rumscheidt Kirchberg in Tirol<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[96]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[97]<\/a> https:\/\/www.webcitation.org\/5k8f6XouC?url=http:\/\/www.zianet.com\/jpage\/Bad%20Aibling%20Station%20-%20A%20Legacy%20of%20Excellence.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/military.wikia.org\/wiki\/Bad_Aibling_Station<\/a> ; Gottfried Mayr, \u201cDas Kriegsgefangenenlager PWE No. 26: Bad Aibling 1945-1946 : Massenschicksal \u2013 Einzelschicksale\u201c, Bad Aibling: Hist. Verein Bad Aibling und Umgebung, Bald Aibling 2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[98]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[99]<\/a> James Bamford, \u201cBody of secrets: Anatomy of the ultra-secret NSA<\/em>\u201d, Anchor Books, New York, 2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[100]<\/a> https:\/\/www.europarl.europa.eu\/sides\/getDoc.do?pubRef=-\/\/EP\/\/TEXT+REPORT+A5-2001-0264+0+DOC+XML+V0\/\/EN<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.meforum.org\/60976\/turkish-spy-agency-mit-intelligence-gathering-australia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-egypt-court\/egypt-detains-29-people-on-suspicion-of-espionage-for-turkey-idUSKBN1DM1AN<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.egypttoday.com\/Article\/1\/33764\/In-Pictures-Egypt-foils-Turkish-espionage-attempt<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-agency-brings-three-feto-members-from-gabon-to-turkey-130050<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/turkey\/turkish-intelligence-agency-rescues-a-kidnapped-italian-citizen-in-kenya-36192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20190807-libyan-national-army-turkish-intelligence-is-operating-in-tripoli\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/11\/27\/senior-feto-figure-captured-by-turkish-intelligence-in-sudan\/amp<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/07\/turkish-diplomats-have-extensively-spied-on-critics-in-the-united-states\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/1101683.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intel-returns-wanted-feto-from-azerbaijan-140108<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/06\/turkish-diplomats-spy-on-erdogan-critics-in-georgia-secret-document-reveals\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[52]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/cellmate-teacher-abducted-by-turkeys-mit-from-malaysia-subjected-to-torture-in-ankara\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligences-captures-feto-suspect-in-malaysia-146188<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-mongolia-kidnapping-turkey-idUSKBN1KI03N<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[55]<\/a> https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turkish_involvement_in_the_Syrian_civil_war<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[58]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reporter-ohne-grenzen.de\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[63]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 6-7, page 12<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[66]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/finfisher-malicious-spyware-disguised-mozilla-firefox-discovered-36-countries-1233177<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[67]<\/a> https:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/home\/security-news\/finfisher-command-and-control-hubs-turn-up-in-11-new-countries\/<\/a> ; 2013.04.01 SC Magazine on FinFisher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[68]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/german-prosecutors-investigate-spyware-maker-finfisher\/a-50293812<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[69]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/2020\/unsere-strafanzeige-razzia-bei-staatstrojaner-firma-finfisher-in-muenchen\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[70]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/intelligence_privacy\/avira-lantivirus-comprato-dai-servizi-segreti-del-golfo-persico\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/blogs.mediapart.fr\/paolo-fusi\/blog\/260920\/le-hacker-militaire-qui-achete-avira<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[71]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/research\/2020\/09\/german-made-finspy-spyware-found-in-egypt-and-mac-and-linux-versions-revealed\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[76]<\/a> https:\/\/citizenlab.ca\/2015\/10\/mapping-finfishers-continuing-proliferation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[77]<\/a> https:\/\/bigbrotherawards.de\/en\/2012\/technology-gamma-international<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[78]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/pdf\/gammagrouploutheannelsonwapenhandelaarspursang.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/slideum.com\/doc\/9973831\/gehele-observant-%2369--januari-2017-politie-mercenaries<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[79]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[81]<\/a> U.S. Department of Commerce, Industry and Trade Administration, \u201cCommercial News USA<\/em>\u201d, U.S. Foreign Commercial Service, Washington DC, 1979, page 38<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[82]<\/a> https:\/\/www.referenceforbusiness.com\/history2\/1\/CompuDyne-Corporation.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[84]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/hk\/0475615<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[85]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/02088610<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[92]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nti.org\/gsn\/article\/danish-man-charged-with-wmd-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[94]<\/a> Elaman AG Malans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.meforum.org\/60976\/turkish-spy-agency-mit-intelligence-gathering-australia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-egypt-court\/egypt-detains-29-people-on-suspicion-of-espionage-for-turkey-idUSKBN1DM1AN<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.egypttoday.com\/Article\/1\/33764\/In-Pictures-Egypt-foils-Turkish-espionage-attempt<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-agency-brings-three-feto-members-from-gabon-to-turkey-130050<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/turkey\/turkish-intelligence-agency-rescues-a-kidnapped-italian-citizen-in-kenya-36192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20190807-libyan-national-army-turkish-intelligence-is-operating-in-tripoli\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/11\/27\/senior-feto-figure-captured-by-turkish-intelligence-in-sudan\/amp<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/07\/turkish-diplomats-have-extensively-spied-on-critics-in-the-united-states\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/1101683.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intel-returns-wanted-feto-from-azerbaijan-140108<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/06\/turkish-diplomats-spy-on-erdogan-critics-in-georgia-secret-document-reveals\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[52]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/cellmate-teacher-abducted-by-turkeys-mit-from-malaysia-subjected-to-torture-in-ankara\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligences-captures-feto-suspect-in-malaysia-146188<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-mongolia-kidnapping-turkey-idUSKBN1KI03N<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/pakistan\/pakistan-admits-they-secretly-deported-turkish-family-wanted-by-erdogan-govt-4895423\/lite\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turkish_involvement_in_the_Syrian_civil_war<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/securityaffairs.co\/wordpress\/41169\/breaking-news\/finfisher-spyware-new-customers.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[58]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reporter-ohne-grenzen.de\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/freiheitsrechte.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[60]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[61]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecchr.eu\/en\/about-us\/?L=2<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[62]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 4-5<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[63]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 6-7, page 12<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[65]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/privacy-international-complaint-to-uk-ncp-about-gamma-international-uk-ltd<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[66]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/finfisher-malicious-spyware-disguised-mozilla-firefox-discovered-36-countries-1233177<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[67]<\/a> https:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/home\/security-news\/finfisher-command-and-control-hubs-turn-up-in-11-new-countries\/<\/a> ; 2013.04.01 SC Magazine on FinFisher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[68]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/german-prosecutors-investigate-spyware-maker-finfisher\/a-50293812<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[69]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/2020\/unsere-strafanzeige-razzia-bei-staatstrojaner-firma-finfisher-in-muenchen\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[70]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/intelligence_privacy\/avira-lantivirus-comprato-dai-servizi-segreti-del-golfo-persico\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/blogs.mediapart.fr\/paolo-fusi\/blog\/260920\/le-hacker-militaire-qui-achete-avira<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[71]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/research\/2020\/09\/german-made-finspy-spyware-found-in-egypt-and-mac-and-linux-versions-revealed\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[75]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/tecnologia\/2015\/07\/12\/news\/segreti-concorrenza-e-fobie-tutti-i-punti-deboli-di-hacking-team-1.35241096<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[76]<\/a> https:\/\/citizenlab.ca\/2015\/10\/mapping-finfishers-continuing-proliferation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[77]<\/a> https:\/\/bigbrotherawards.de\/en\/2012\/technology-gamma-international<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[78]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/pdf\/gammagrouploutheannelsonwapenhandelaarspursang.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/slideum.com\/doc\/9973831\/gehele-observant-%2369--januari-2017-politie-mercenaries<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[79]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[81]<\/a> U.S. Department of Commerce, Industry and Trade Administration, \u201cCommercial News USA<\/em>\u201d, U.S. Foreign Commercial Service, Washington DC, 1979, page 38<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[82]<\/a> https:\/\/www.referenceforbusiness.com\/history2\/1\/CompuDyne-Corporation.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[84]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/hk\/0475615<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[85]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/02088610<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[92]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nti.org\/gsn\/article\/danish-man-charged-with-wmd-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[94]<\/a> Elaman AG Malans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[39]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-brings-key-feto-suspect-from-ukraine-to-turkey-134608<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.meforum.org\/60976\/turkish-spy-agency-mit-intelligence-gathering-australia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-egypt-court\/egypt-detains-29-people-on-suspicion-of-espionage-for-turkey-idUSKBN1DM1AN<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.egypttoday.com\/Article\/1\/33764\/In-Pictures-Egypt-foils-Turkish-espionage-attempt<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-agency-brings-three-feto-members-from-gabon-to-turkey-130050<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/turkey\/turkish-intelligence-agency-rescues-a-kidnapped-italian-citizen-in-kenya-36192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20190807-libyan-national-army-turkish-intelligence-is-operating-in-tripoli\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/11\/27\/senior-feto-figure-captured-by-turkish-intelligence-in-sudan\/amp<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/07\/turkish-diplomats-have-extensively-spied-on-critics-in-the-united-states\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/1101683.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intel-returns-wanted-feto-from-azerbaijan-140108<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/06\/turkish-diplomats-spy-on-erdogan-critics-in-georgia-secret-document-reveals\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[52]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/cellmate-teacher-abducted-by-turkeys-mit-from-malaysia-subjected-to-torture-in-ankara\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligences-captures-feto-suspect-in-malaysia-146188<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-mongolia-kidnapping-turkey-idUSKBN1KI03N<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/pakistan\/pakistan-admits-they-secretly-deported-turkish-family-wanted-by-erdogan-govt-4895423\/lite\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turkish_involvement_in_the_Syrian_civil_war<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/securityaffairs.co\/wordpress\/41169\/breaking-news\/finfisher-spyware-new-customers.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[58]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reporter-ohne-grenzen.de\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/freiheitsrechte.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[60]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[61]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecchr.eu\/en\/about-us\/?L=2<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[62]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 4-5<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[63]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 6-7, page 12<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[65]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/privacy-international-complaint-to-uk-ncp-about-gamma-international-uk-ltd<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[66]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/finfisher-malicious-spyware-disguised-mozilla-firefox-discovered-36-countries-1233177<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[67]<\/a> https:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/home\/security-news\/finfisher-command-and-control-hubs-turn-up-in-11-new-countries\/<\/a> ; 2013.04.01 SC Magazine on FinFisher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[68]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/german-prosecutors-investigate-spyware-maker-finfisher\/a-50293812<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[69]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/2020\/unsere-strafanzeige-razzia-bei-staatstrojaner-firma-finfisher-in-muenchen\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[70]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/intelligence_privacy\/avira-lantivirus-comprato-dai-servizi-segreti-del-golfo-persico\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/blogs.mediapart.fr\/paolo-fusi\/blog\/260920\/le-hacker-militaire-qui-achete-avira<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[71]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/research\/2020\/09\/german-made-finspy-spyware-found-in-egypt-and-mac-and-linux-versions-revealed\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[75]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/tecnologia\/2015\/07\/12\/news\/segreti-concorrenza-e-fobie-tutti-i-punti-deboli-di-hacking-team-1.35241096<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[76]<\/a> https:\/\/citizenlab.ca\/2015\/10\/mapping-finfishers-continuing-proliferation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[77]<\/a> https:\/\/bigbrotherawards.de\/en\/2012\/technology-gamma-international<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[78]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/pdf\/gammagrouploutheannelsonwapenhandelaarspursang.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/slideum.com\/doc\/9973831\/gehele-observant-%2369--januari-2017-politie-mercenaries<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[79]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[81]<\/a> U.S. Department of Commerce, Industry and Trade Administration, \u201cCommercial News USA<\/em>\u201d, U.S. Foreign Commercial Service, Washington DC, 1979, page 38<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[82]<\/a> https:\/\/www.referenceforbusiness.com\/history2\/1\/CompuDyne-Corporation.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[84]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/hk\/0475615<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[85]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/02088610<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[92]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nti.org\/gsn\/article\/danish-man-charged-with-wmd-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[94]<\/a> Elaman AG Malans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[38]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/politics\/undiplomatic_swiss-eye-alleged-turkish-kidnapping-attempt\/43973170<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/swiss-foreign-minister-warns-turkey-against-illegal-spying-111199<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/eu-affairs\/2017\/05\/01\/as-anti-turkish-politics-grip-europe-turkish-swiss-policeman-arrested<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-brings-key-feto-suspect-from-ukraine-to-turkey-134608<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.meforum.org\/60976\/turkish-spy-agency-mit-intelligence-gathering-australia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-egypt-court\/egypt-detains-29-people-on-suspicion-of-espionage-for-turkey-idUSKBN1DM1AN<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.egypttoday.com\/Article\/1\/33764\/In-Pictures-Egypt-foils-Turkish-espionage-attempt<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-agency-brings-three-feto-members-from-gabon-to-turkey-130050<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/turkey\/turkish-intelligence-agency-rescues-a-kidnapped-italian-citizen-in-kenya-36192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20190807-libyan-national-army-turkish-intelligence-is-operating-in-tripoli\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/11\/27\/senior-feto-figure-captured-by-turkish-intelligence-in-sudan\/amp<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/07\/turkish-diplomats-have-extensively-spied-on-critics-in-the-united-states\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/1101683.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intel-returns-wanted-feto-from-azerbaijan-140108<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/06\/turkish-diplomats-spy-on-erdogan-critics-in-georgia-secret-document-reveals\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[52]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/cellmate-teacher-abducted-by-turkeys-mit-from-malaysia-subjected-to-torture-in-ankara\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligences-captures-feto-suspect-in-malaysia-146188<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-mongolia-kidnapping-turkey-idUSKBN1KI03N<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/pakistan\/pakistan-admits-they-secretly-deported-turkish-family-wanted-by-erdogan-govt-4895423\/lite\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turkish_involvement_in_the_Syrian_civil_war<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/securityaffairs.co\/wordpress\/41169\/breaking-news\/finfisher-spyware-new-customers.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[58]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reporter-ohne-grenzen.de\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/freiheitsrechte.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[60]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[61]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecchr.eu\/en\/about-us\/?L=2<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[62]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 4-5<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[63]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 6-7, page 12<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[65]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/privacy-international-complaint-to-uk-ncp-about-gamma-international-uk-ltd<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[66]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/finfisher-malicious-spyware-disguised-mozilla-firefox-discovered-36-countries-1233177<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[67]<\/a> https:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/home\/security-news\/finfisher-command-and-control-hubs-turn-up-in-11-new-countries\/<\/a> ; 2013.04.01 SC Magazine on FinFisher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[68]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/german-prosecutors-investigate-spyware-maker-finfisher\/a-50293812<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[69]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/2020\/unsere-strafanzeige-razzia-bei-staatstrojaner-firma-finfisher-in-muenchen\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[70]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/intelligence_privacy\/avira-lantivirus-comprato-dai-servizi-segreti-del-golfo-persico\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/blogs.mediapart.fr\/paolo-fusi\/blog\/260920\/le-hacker-militaire-qui-achete-avira<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[71]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/research\/2020\/09\/german-made-finspy-spyware-found-in-egypt-and-mac-and-linux-versions-revealed\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[75]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/tecnologia\/2015\/07\/12\/news\/segreti-concorrenza-e-fobie-tutti-i-punti-deboli-di-hacking-team-1.35241096<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[76]<\/a> https:\/\/citizenlab.ca\/2015\/10\/mapping-finfishers-continuing-proliferation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[77]<\/a> https:\/\/bigbrotherawards.de\/en\/2012\/technology-gamma-international<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[78]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/pdf\/gammagrouploutheannelsonwapenhandelaarspursang.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/slideum.com\/doc\/9973831\/gehele-observant-%2369--januari-2017-politie-mercenaries<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[79]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[81]<\/a> U.S. Department of Commerce, Industry and Trade Administration, \u201cCommercial News USA<\/em>\u201d, U.S. Foreign Commercial Service, Washington DC, 1979, page 38<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[82]<\/a> https:\/\/www.referenceforbusiness.com\/history2\/1\/CompuDyne-Corporation.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[84]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/hk\/0475615<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[85]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/02088610<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[92]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nti.org\/gsn\/article\/danish-man-charged-with-wmd-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[94]<\/a> Elaman AG Malans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[37]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/report-sweden-launches-espionage-probe-into-turkish-govt-representatives\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/politics\/undiplomatic_swiss-eye-alleged-turkish-kidnapping-attempt\/43973170<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/swiss-foreign-minister-warns-turkey-against-illegal-spying-111199<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/eu-affairs\/2017\/05\/01\/as-anti-turkish-politics-grip-europe-turkish-swiss-policeman-arrested<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-brings-key-feto-suspect-from-ukraine-to-turkey-134608<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.meforum.org\/60976\/turkish-spy-agency-mit-intelligence-gathering-australia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-egypt-court\/egypt-detains-29-people-on-suspicion-of-espionage-for-turkey-idUSKBN1DM1AN<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.egypttoday.com\/Article\/1\/33764\/In-Pictures-Egypt-foils-Turkish-espionage-attempt<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-agency-brings-three-feto-members-from-gabon-to-turkey-130050<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/turkey\/turkish-intelligence-agency-rescues-a-kidnapped-italian-citizen-in-kenya-36192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20190807-libyan-national-army-turkish-intelligence-is-operating-in-tripoli\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/11\/27\/senior-feto-figure-captured-by-turkish-intelligence-in-sudan\/amp<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/07\/turkish-diplomats-have-extensively-spied-on-critics-in-the-united-states\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/1101683.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intel-returns-wanted-feto-from-azerbaijan-140108<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/06\/turkish-diplomats-spy-on-erdogan-critics-in-georgia-secret-document-reveals\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[52]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/cellmate-teacher-abducted-by-turkeys-mit-from-malaysia-subjected-to-torture-in-ankara\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligences-captures-feto-suspect-in-malaysia-146188<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-mongolia-kidnapping-turkey-idUSKBN1KI03N<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/pakistan\/pakistan-admits-they-secretly-deported-turkish-family-wanted-by-erdogan-govt-4895423\/lite\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turkish_involvement_in_the_Syrian_civil_war<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/securityaffairs.co\/wordpress\/41169\/breaking-news\/finfisher-spyware-new-customers.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[58]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reporter-ohne-grenzen.de\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/freiheitsrechte.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[60]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[61]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecchr.eu\/en\/about-us\/?L=2<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[62]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 4-5<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[63]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 6-7, page 12<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[65]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/privacy-international-complaint-to-uk-ncp-about-gamma-international-uk-ltd<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[66]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/finfisher-malicious-spyware-disguised-mozilla-firefox-discovered-36-countries-1233177<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[67]<\/a> https:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/home\/security-news\/finfisher-command-and-control-hubs-turn-up-in-11-new-countries\/<\/a> ; 2013.04.01 SC Magazine on FinFisher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[68]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/german-prosecutors-investigate-spyware-maker-finfisher\/a-50293812<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[69]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/2020\/unsere-strafanzeige-razzia-bei-staatstrojaner-firma-finfisher-in-muenchen\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[70]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/intelligence_privacy\/avira-lantivirus-comprato-dai-servizi-segreti-del-golfo-persico\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/blogs.mediapart.fr\/paolo-fusi\/blog\/260920\/le-hacker-militaire-qui-achete-avira<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[71]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/research\/2020\/09\/german-made-finspy-spyware-found-in-egypt-and-mac-and-linux-versions-revealed\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[75]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/tecnologia\/2015\/07\/12\/news\/segreti-concorrenza-e-fobie-tutti-i-punti-deboli-di-hacking-team-1.35241096<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[76]<\/a> https:\/\/citizenlab.ca\/2015\/10\/mapping-finfishers-continuing-proliferation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[77]<\/a> https:\/\/bigbrotherawards.de\/en\/2012\/technology-gamma-international<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[78]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/pdf\/gammagrouploutheannelsonwapenhandelaarspursang.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/slideum.com\/doc\/9973831\/gehele-observant-%2369--januari-2017-politie-mercenaries<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[79]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[81]<\/a> U.S. Department of Commerce, Industry and Trade Administration, \u201cCommercial News USA<\/em>\u201d, U.S. Foreign Commercial Service, Washington DC, 1979, page 38<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[82]<\/a> https:\/\/www.referenceforbusiness.com\/history2\/1\/CompuDyne-Corporation.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[84]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/hk\/0475615<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[85]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/02088610<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[92]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nti.org\/gsn\/article\/danish-man-charged-with-wmd-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[94]<\/a> Elaman AG Malans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[36]<\/a> https:\/\/kafila.org\/www-matthewaid-com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/report-sweden-launches-espionage-probe-into-turkish-govt-representatives\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/politics\/undiplomatic_swiss-eye-alleged-turkish-kidnapping-attempt\/43973170<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/swiss-foreign-minister-warns-turkey-against-illegal-spying-111199<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/eu-affairs\/2017\/05\/01\/as-anti-turkish-politics-grip-europe-turkish-swiss-policeman-arrested<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-brings-key-feto-suspect-from-ukraine-to-turkey-134608<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.meforum.org\/60976\/turkish-spy-agency-mit-intelligence-gathering-australia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-egypt-court\/egypt-detains-29-people-on-suspicion-of-espionage-for-turkey-idUSKBN1DM1AN<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.egypttoday.com\/Article\/1\/33764\/In-Pictures-Egypt-foils-Turkish-espionage-attempt<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-agency-brings-three-feto-members-from-gabon-to-turkey-130050<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/turkey\/turkish-intelligence-agency-rescues-a-kidnapped-italian-citizen-in-kenya-36192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20190807-libyan-national-army-turkish-intelligence-is-operating-in-tripoli\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/11\/27\/senior-feto-figure-captured-by-turkish-intelligence-in-sudan\/amp<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/07\/turkish-diplomats-have-extensively-spied-on-critics-in-the-united-states\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/1101683.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intel-returns-wanted-feto-from-azerbaijan-140108<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/06\/turkish-diplomats-spy-on-erdogan-critics-in-georgia-secret-document-reveals\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[52]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/cellmate-teacher-abducted-by-turkeys-mit-from-malaysia-subjected-to-torture-in-ankara\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligences-captures-feto-suspect-in-malaysia-146188<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-mongolia-kidnapping-turkey-idUSKBN1KI03N<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/pakistan\/pakistan-admits-they-secretly-deported-turkish-family-wanted-by-erdogan-govt-4895423\/lite\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turkish_involvement_in_the_Syrian_civil_war<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/securityaffairs.co\/wordpress\/41169\/breaking-news\/finfisher-spyware-new-customers.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[58]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reporter-ohne-grenzen.de\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/freiheitsrechte.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[60]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[61]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecchr.eu\/en\/about-us\/?L=2<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[62]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 4-5<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[63]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 6-7, page 12<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[65]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/privacy-international-complaint-to-uk-ncp-about-gamma-international-uk-ltd<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[66]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/finfisher-malicious-spyware-disguised-mozilla-firefox-discovered-36-countries-1233177<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[67]<\/a> https:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/home\/security-news\/finfisher-command-and-control-hubs-turn-up-in-11-new-countries\/<\/a> ; 2013.04.01 SC Magazine on FinFisher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[68]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/german-prosecutors-investigate-spyware-maker-finfisher\/a-50293812<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[69]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/2020\/unsere-strafanzeige-razzia-bei-staatstrojaner-firma-finfisher-in-muenchen\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[70]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/intelligence_privacy\/avira-lantivirus-comprato-dai-servizi-segreti-del-golfo-persico\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/blogs.mediapart.fr\/paolo-fusi\/blog\/260920\/le-hacker-militaire-qui-achete-avira<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[71]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/research\/2020\/09\/german-made-finspy-spyware-found-in-egypt-and-mac-and-linux-versions-revealed\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[75]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/tecnologia\/2015\/07\/12\/news\/segreti-concorrenza-e-fobie-tutti-i-punti-deboli-di-hacking-team-1.35241096<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[76]<\/a> https:\/\/citizenlab.ca\/2015\/10\/mapping-finfishers-continuing-proliferation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[77]<\/a> https:\/\/bigbrotherawards.de\/en\/2012\/technology-gamma-international<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[78]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/pdf\/gammagrouploutheannelsonwapenhandelaarspursang.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/slideum.com\/doc\/9973831\/gehele-observant-%2369--januari-2017-politie-mercenaries<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[79]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[81]<\/a> U.S. Department of Commerce, Industry and Trade Administration, \u201cCommercial News USA<\/em>\u201d, U.S. Foreign Commercial Service, Washington DC, 1979, page 38<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[82]<\/a> https:\/\/www.referenceforbusiness.com\/history2\/1\/CompuDyne-Corporation.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[84]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/hk\/0475615<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[85]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/02088610<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[92]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nti.org\/gsn\/article\/danish-man-charged-with-wmd-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[94]<\/a> Elaman AG Malans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[35]<\/a> https:\/\/turkeypurge.com\/turkey-spying-imams-active-also-in-norway<\/a> ; https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/turkeys-autocratic-president-erdogans-spying-profiling-expands-in-norway\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/kafila.org\/www-matthewaid-com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/report-sweden-launches-espionage-probe-into-turkish-govt-representatives\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/politics\/undiplomatic_swiss-eye-alleged-turkish-kidnapping-attempt\/43973170<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/swiss-foreign-minister-warns-turkey-against-illegal-spying-111199<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/eu-affairs\/2017\/05\/01\/as-anti-turkish-politics-grip-europe-turkish-swiss-policeman-arrested<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-brings-key-feto-suspect-from-ukraine-to-turkey-134608<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.meforum.org\/60976\/turkish-spy-agency-mit-intelligence-gathering-australia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-egypt-court\/egypt-detains-29-people-on-suspicion-of-espionage-for-turkey-idUSKBN1DM1AN<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.egypttoday.com\/Article\/1\/33764\/In-Pictures-Egypt-foils-Turkish-espionage-attempt<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-agency-brings-three-feto-members-from-gabon-to-turkey-130050<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/turkey\/turkish-intelligence-agency-rescues-a-kidnapped-italian-citizen-in-kenya-36192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20190807-libyan-national-army-turkish-intelligence-is-operating-in-tripoli\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/11\/27\/senior-feto-figure-captured-by-turkish-intelligence-in-sudan\/amp<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/07\/turkish-diplomats-have-extensively-spied-on-critics-in-the-united-states\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/1101683.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intel-returns-wanted-feto-from-azerbaijan-140108<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/06\/turkish-diplomats-spy-on-erdogan-critics-in-georgia-secret-document-reveals\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[52]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/cellmate-teacher-abducted-by-turkeys-mit-from-malaysia-subjected-to-torture-in-ankara\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligences-captures-feto-suspect-in-malaysia-146188<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-mongolia-kidnapping-turkey-idUSKBN1KI03N<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/pakistan\/pakistan-admits-they-secretly-deported-turkish-family-wanted-by-erdogan-govt-4895423\/lite\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turkish_involvement_in_the_Syrian_civil_war<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/securityaffairs.co\/wordpress\/41169\/breaking-news\/finfisher-spyware-new-customers.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[58]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reporter-ohne-grenzen.de\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/freiheitsrechte.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[60]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[61]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecchr.eu\/en\/about-us\/?L=2<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[62]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 4-5<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[63]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 6-7, page 12<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[65]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/privacy-international-complaint-to-uk-ncp-about-gamma-international-uk-ltd<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[66]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/finfisher-malicious-spyware-disguised-mozilla-firefox-discovered-36-countries-1233177<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[67]<\/a> https:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/home\/security-news\/finfisher-command-and-control-hubs-turn-up-in-11-new-countries\/<\/a> ; 2013.04.01 SC Magazine on FinFisher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[68]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/german-prosecutors-investigate-spyware-maker-finfisher\/a-50293812<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[69]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/2020\/unsere-strafanzeige-razzia-bei-staatstrojaner-firma-finfisher-in-muenchen\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[70]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/intelligence_privacy\/avira-lantivirus-comprato-dai-servizi-segreti-del-golfo-persico\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/blogs.mediapart.fr\/paolo-fusi\/blog\/260920\/le-hacker-militaire-qui-achete-avira<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[71]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/research\/2020\/09\/german-made-finspy-spyware-found-in-egypt-and-mac-and-linux-versions-revealed\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[75]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/tecnologia\/2015\/07\/12\/news\/segreti-concorrenza-e-fobie-tutti-i-punti-deboli-di-hacking-team-1.35241096<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[76]<\/a> https:\/\/citizenlab.ca\/2015\/10\/mapping-finfishers-continuing-proliferation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[77]<\/a> https:\/\/bigbrotherawards.de\/en\/2012\/technology-gamma-international<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[78]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/pdf\/gammagrouploutheannelsonwapenhandelaarspursang.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/slideum.com\/doc\/9973831\/gehele-observant-%2369--januari-2017-politie-mercenaries<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[79]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[81]<\/a> U.S. Department of Commerce, Industry and Trade Administration, \u201cCommercial News USA<\/em>\u201d, U.S. Foreign Commercial Service, Washington DC, 1979, page 38<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[82]<\/a> https:\/\/www.referenceforbusiness.com\/history2\/1\/CompuDyne-Corporation.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[84]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/hk\/0475615<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[85]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/02088610<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[92]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nti.org\/gsn\/article\/danish-man-charged-with-wmd-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[94]<\/a> Elaman AG Malans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2018\/09\/turkish-teachers-detained-moldova-gulen.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/balkaninsight.com\/2018\/09\/06\/six-turkish-professors-detained-by-moldovan-secret-services-09-06-2018\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/turkeypurge.com\/turkey-spying-imams-active-also-in-norway<\/a> ; https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/turkeys-autocratic-president-erdogans-spying-profiling-expands-in-norway\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/kafila.org\/www-matthewaid-com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/report-sweden-launches-espionage-probe-into-turkish-govt-representatives\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/politics\/undiplomatic_swiss-eye-alleged-turkish-kidnapping-attempt\/43973170<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/swiss-foreign-minister-warns-turkey-against-illegal-spying-111199<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/eu-affairs\/2017\/05\/01\/as-anti-turkish-politics-grip-europe-turkish-swiss-policeman-arrested<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-brings-key-feto-suspect-from-ukraine-to-turkey-134608<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.meforum.org\/60976\/turkish-spy-agency-mit-intelligence-gathering-australia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-egypt-court\/egypt-detains-29-people-on-suspicion-of-espionage-for-turkey-idUSKBN1DM1AN<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.egypttoday.com\/Article\/1\/33764\/In-Pictures-Egypt-foils-Turkish-espionage-attempt<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-agency-brings-three-feto-members-from-gabon-to-turkey-130050<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/turkey\/turkish-intelligence-agency-rescues-a-kidnapped-italian-citizen-in-kenya-36192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20190807-libyan-national-army-turkish-intelligence-is-operating-in-tripoli\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/11\/27\/senior-feto-figure-captured-by-turkish-intelligence-in-sudan\/amp<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/07\/turkish-diplomats-have-extensively-spied-on-critics-in-the-united-states\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/1101683.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intel-returns-wanted-feto-from-azerbaijan-140108<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/06\/turkish-diplomats-spy-on-erdogan-critics-in-georgia-secret-document-reveals\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[52]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/cellmate-teacher-abducted-by-turkeys-mit-from-malaysia-subjected-to-torture-in-ankara\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligences-captures-feto-suspect-in-malaysia-146188<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-mongolia-kidnapping-turkey-idUSKBN1KI03N<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/pakistan\/pakistan-admits-they-secretly-deported-turkish-family-wanted-by-erdogan-govt-4895423\/lite\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turkish_involvement_in_the_Syrian_civil_war<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[58]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reporter-ohne-grenzen.de\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/freiheitsrechte.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[60]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[63]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 6-7, page 12<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[66]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/finfisher-malicious-spyware-disguised-mozilla-firefox-discovered-36-countries-1233177<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[67]<\/a> https:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/home\/security-news\/finfisher-command-and-control-hubs-turn-up-in-11-new-countries\/<\/a> ; 2013.04.01 SC Magazine on FinFisher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[68]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/german-prosecutors-investigate-spyware-maker-finfisher\/a-50293812<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[69]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/2020\/unsere-strafanzeige-razzia-bei-staatstrojaner-firma-finfisher-in-muenchen\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[70]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/intelligence_privacy\/avira-lantivirus-comprato-dai-servizi-segreti-del-golfo-persico\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/blogs.mediapart.fr\/paolo-fusi\/blog\/260920\/le-hacker-militaire-qui-achete-avira<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[71]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/research\/2020\/09\/german-made-finspy-spyware-found-in-egypt-and-mac-and-linux-versions-revealed\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[75]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/tecnologia\/2015\/07\/12\/news\/segreti-concorrenza-e-fobie-tutti-i-punti-deboli-di-hacking-team-1.35241096<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[76]<\/a> https:\/\/citizenlab.ca\/2015\/10\/mapping-finfishers-continuing-proliferation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[77]<\/a> https:\/\/bigbrotherawards.de\/en\/2012\/technology-gamma-international<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[78]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/pdf\/gammagrouploutheannelsonwapenhandelaarspursang.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/slideum.com\/doc\/9973831\/gehele-observant-%2369--januari-2017-politie-mercenaries<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[79]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[81]<\/a> U.S. Department of Commerce, Industry and Trade Administration, \u201cCommercial News USA<\/em>\u201d, U.S. Foreign Commercial Service, Washington DC, 1979, page 38<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[82]<\/a> https:\/\/www.referenceforbusiness.com\/history2\/1\/CompuDyne-Corporation.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[84]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/hk\/0475615<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[85]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/02088610<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[92]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nti.org\/gsn\/article\/danish-man-charged-with-wmd-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[94]<\/a> Elaman AG Malans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/opinion\/murat-yetkin\/turkish-intelligence-unveils-secret-codes-used-before-coup-attempt-103843<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2018\/09\/turkish-teachers-detained-moldova-gulen.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/balkaninsight.com\/2018\/09\/06\/six-turkish-professors-detained-by-moldovan-secret-services-09-06-2018\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/turkeypurge.com\/turkey-spying-imams-active-also-in-norway<\/a> ; https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/turkeys-autocratic-president-erdogans-spying-profiling-expands-in-norway\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/kafila.org\/www-matthewaid-com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/report-sweden-launches-espionage-probe-into-turkish-govt-representatives\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/politics\/undiplomatic_swiss-eye-alleged-turkish-kidnapping-attempt\/43973170<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/swiss-foreign-minister-warns-turkey-against-illegal-spying-111199<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/eu-affairs\/2017\/05\/01\/as-anti-turkish-politics-grip-europe-turkish-swiss-policeman-arrested<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-brings-key-feto-suspect-from-ukraine-to-turkey-134608<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.meforum.org\/60976\/turkish-spy-agency-mit-intelligence-gathering-australia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-egypt-court\/egypt-detains-29-people-on-suspicion-of-espionage-for-turkey-idUSKBN1DM1AN<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.egypttoday.com\/Article\/1\/33764\/In-Pictures-Egypt-foils-Turkish-espionage-attempt<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-agency-brings-three-feto-members-from-gabon-to-turkey-130050<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/turkey\/turkish-intelligence-agency-rescues-a-kidnapped-italian-citizen-in-kenya-36192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20190807-libyan-national-army-turkish-intelligence-is-operating-in-tripoli\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/11\/27\/senior-feto-figure-captured-by-turkish-intelligence-in-sudan\/amp<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/07\/turkish-diplomats-have-extensively-spied-on-critics-in-the-united-states\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/1101683.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intel-returns-wanted-feto-from-azerbaijan-140108<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/06\/turkish-diplomats-spy-on-erdogan-critics-in-georgia-secret-document-reveals\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[52]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/cellmate-teacher-abducted-by-turkeys-mit-from-malaysia-subjected-to-torture-in-ankara\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligences-captures-feto-suspect-in-malaysia-146188<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-mongolia-kidnapping-turkey-idUSKBN1KI03N<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/pakistan\/pakistan-admits-they-secretly-deported-turkish-family-wanted-by-erdogan-govt-4895423\/lite\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turkish_involvement_in_the_Syrian_civil_war<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[58]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reporter-ohne-grenzen.de\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/freiheitsrechte.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[60]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[63]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 6-7, page 12<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[66]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/finfisher-malicious-spyware-disguised-mozilla-firefox-discovered-36-countries-1233177<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[67]<\/a> https:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/home\/security-news\/finfisher-command-and-control-hubs-turn-up-in-11-new-countries\/<\/a> ; 2013.04.01 SC Magazine on FinFisher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[68]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/german-prosecutors-investigate-spyware-maker-finfisher\/a-50293812<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[69]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/2020\/unsere-strafanzeige-razzia-bei-staatstrojaner-firma-finfisher-in-muenchen\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[70]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/intelligence_privacy\/avira-lantivirus-comprato-dai-servizi-segreti-del-golfo-persico\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/blogs.mediapart.fr\/paolo-fusi\/blog\/260920\/le-hacker-militaire-qui-achete-avira<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[71]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/research\/2020\/09\/german-made-finspy-spyware-found-in-egypt-and-mac-and-linux-versions-revealed\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[75]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/tecnologia\/2015\/07\/12\/news\/segreti-concorrenza-e-fobie-tutti-i-punti-deboli-di-hacking-team-1.35241096<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[76]<\/a> https:\/\/citizenlab.ca\/2015\/10\/mapping-finfishers-continuing-proliferation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[77]<\/a> https:\/\/bigbrotherawards.de\/en\/2012\/technology-gamma-international<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[78]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/pdf\/gammagrouploutheannelsonwapenhandelaarspursang.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/slideum.com\/doc\/9973831\/gehele-observant-%2369--januari-2017-politie-mercenaries<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[79]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[81]<\/a> U.S. Department of Commerce, Industry and Trade Administration, \u201cCommercial News USA<\/em>\u201d, U.S. Foreign Commercial Service, Washington DC, 1979, page 38<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[82]<\/a> https:\/\/www.referenceforbusiness.com\/history2\/1\/CompuDyne-Corporation.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[84]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/hk\/0475615<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[85]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/02088610<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[86]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[87]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/01958854<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[92]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nti.org\/gsn\/article\/danish-man-charged-with-wmd-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[94]<\/a> Elaman AG Malans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[99]<\/a> James Bamford, \u201cBody of secrets: Anatomy of the ultra-secret NSA<\/em>\u201d, Anchor Books, New York, 2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-kosovo-security-turkey-idUSKBN1H70CC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/opinion\/murat-yetkin\/turkish-intelligence-unveils-secret-codes-used-before-coup-attempt-103843<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2018\/09\/turkish-teachers-detained-moldova-gulen.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/balkaninsight.com\/2018\/09\/06\/six-turkish-professors-detained-by-moldovan-secret-services-09-06-2018\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/turkeypurge.com\/turkey-spying-imams-active-also-in-norway<\/a> ; https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/turkeys-autocratic-president-erdogans-spying-profiling-expands-in-norway\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/kafila.org\/www-matthewaid-com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/report-sweden-launches-espionage-probe-into-turkish-govt-representatives\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/politics\/undiplomatic_swiss-eye-alleged-turkish-kidnapping-attempt\/43973170<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/swiss-foreign-minister-warns-turkey-against-illegal-spying-111199<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/eu-affairs\/2017\/05\/01\/as-anti-turkish-politics-grip-europe-turkish-swiss-policeman-arrested<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-brings-key-feto-suspect-from-ukraine-to-turkey-134608<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.meforum.org\/60976\/turkish-spy-agency-mit-intelligence-gathering-australia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-agency-brings-three-feto-members-from-gabon-to-turkey-130050<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/turkey\/turkish-intelligence-agency-rescues-a-kidnapped-italian-citizen-in-kenya-36192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[66]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/finfisher-malicious-spyware-disguised-mozilla-firefox-discovered-36-countries-1233177<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[67]<\/a> https:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/home\/security-news\/finfisher-command-and-control-hubs-turn-up-in-11-new-countries\/<\/a> ; 2013.04.01 SC Magazine on FinFisher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[69]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/2020\/unsere-strafanzeige-razzia-bei-staatstrojaner-firma-finfisher-in-muenchen\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[77]<\/a> https:\/\/bigbrotherawards.de\/en\/2012\/technology-gamma-international<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turk-greek-ties-strained-by-arson-row-10324<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-greece-germany-spying\/greek-police-arrest-german-on-suspicion-of-spying-idUSBRE97208820130803<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kathimerini.gr\/society\/896001\/istories-me-kataskopoys-sto-aigaio\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.larissanet.gr\/2019\/06\/21\/dikazetai-sti-rodo-kataskopos-tis-tourkias\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/ahvalnews.com\/mit\/turkish-intelligence-recruits-eu-retirees-spy-greece<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/04\/turkish-intelligence-operations-targeting-critics-in-greece-exposed-in-secret-documents\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/intelnews.org\/2016\/12\/09\/01-2023\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/more-secret-documents-confirming-vast-turkish-espionage-activities-in-greece-uncovered\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.skai.gr\/news\/greece\/dyo-syllipseis-ellinon-gia-kataskopeia-sti-rodo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-kosovo-security-turkey-idUSKBN1H70CC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/opinion\/murat-yetkin\/turkish-intelligence-unveils-secret-codes-used-before-coup-attempt-103843<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2018\/09\/turkish-teachers-detained-moldova-gulen.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/balkaninsight.com\/2018\/09\/06\/six-turkish-professors-detained-by-moldovan-secret-services-09-06-2018\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/turkeypurge.com\/turkey-spying-imams-active-also-in-norway<\/a> ; https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/turkeys-autocratic-president-erdogans-spying-profiling-expands-in-norway\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/kafila.org\/www-matthewaid-com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/report-sweden-launches-espionage-probe-into-turkish-govt-representatives\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/politics\/undiplomatic_swiss-eye-alleged-turkish-kidnapping-attempt\/43973170<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/swiss-foreign-minister-warns-turkey-against-illegal-spying-111199<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/eu-affairs\/2017\/05\/01\/as-anti-turkish-politics-grip-europe-turkish-swiss-policeman-arrested<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-brings-key-feto-suspect-from-ukraine-to-turkey-134608<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.meforum.org\/60976\/turkish-spy-agency-mit-intelligence-gathering-australia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-egypt-court\/egypt-detains-29-people-on-suspicion-of-espionage-for-turkey-idUSKBN1DM1AN<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.egypttoday.com\/Article\/1\/33764\/In-Pictures-Egypt-foils-Turkish-espionage-attempt<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-agency-brings-three-feto-members-from-gabon-to-turkey-130050<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/turkey\/turkish-intelligence-agency-rescues-a-kidnapped-italian-citizen-in-kenya-36192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20190807-libyan-national-army-turkish-intelligence-is-operating-in-tripoli\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/11\/27\/senior-feto-figure-captured-by-turkish-intelligence-in-sudan\/amp<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/07\/turkish-diplomats-have-extensively-spied-on-critics-in-the-united-states\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intel-returns-wanted-feto-from-azerbaijan-140108<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[52]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/cellmate-teacher-abducted-by-turkeys-mit-from-malaysia-subjected-to-torture-in-ankara\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligences-captures-feto-suspect-in-malaysia-146188<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-mongolia-kidnapping-turkey-idUSKBN1KI03N<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/pakistan\/pakistan-admits-they-secretly-deported-turkish-family-wanted-by-erdogan-govt-4895423\/lite\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turkish_involvement_in_the_Syrian_civil_war<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/securityaffairs.co\/wordpress\/41169\/breaking-news\/finfisher-spyware-new-customers.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[58]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reporter-ohne-grenzen.de\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/freiheitsrechte.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[60]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[61]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecchr.eu\/en\/about-us\/?L=2<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[62]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 4-5<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[63]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 6-7, page 12<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[64]<\/a> https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847361\/UK-NCP-initial-complaint-privacy-international-and-others-against-gamma-international-uk-ltd.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847362\/UK-NCP-Final-statement-complaint-Privacy-International-Gamma-International-UK-Ltd.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847364\/uk-ncp-follow-up-statement-privacy-international-gamma-international.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[65]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/privacy-international-complaint-to-uk-ncp-about-gamma-international-uk-ltd<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[66]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/finfisher-malicious-spyware-disguised-mozilla-firefox-discovered-36-countries-1233177<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[67]<\/a> https:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/home\/security-news\/finfisher-command-and-control-hubs-turn-up-in-11-new-countries\/<\/a> ; 2013.04.01 SC Magazine on FinFisher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[68]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/german-prosecutors-investigate-spyware-maker-finfisher\/a-50293812<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[69]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/2020\/unsere-strafanzeige-razzia-bei-staatstrojaner-firma-finfisher-in-muenchen\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[70]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/intelligence_privacy\/avira-lantivirus-comprato-dai-servizi-segreti-del-golfo-persico\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/blogs.mediapart.fr\/paolo-fusi\/blog\/260920\/le-hacker-militaire-qui-achete-avira<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[71]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/research\/2020\/09\/german-made-finspy-spyware-found-in-egypt-and-mac-and-linux-versions-revealed\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[72]<\/a> https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/BL-DGB-23568<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/technology\/apple\/8912714\/Apple-iTunes-flaw-allowed-government-spying-for-3-years.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/krebsonsecurity.com\/2011\/11\/apple-took-3-years-to-fix-finfisher-trojan-hole\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2012-07-25\/cyber-attacks-on-activists-traced-to-finfisher-spyware-of-gamma<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[75]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/tecnologia\/2015\/07\/12\/news\/segreti-concorrenza-e-fobie-tutti-i-punti-deboli-di-hacking-team-1.35241096<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[76]<\/a> https:\/\/citizenlab.ca\/2015\/10\/mapping-finfishers-continuing-proliferation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[77]<\/a> https:\/\/bigbrotherawards.de\/en\/2012\/technology-gamma-international<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[78]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/pdf\/gammagrouploutheannelsonwapenhandelaarspursang.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/slideum.com\/doc\/9973831\/gehele-observant-%2369--januari-2017-politie-mercenaries<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[79]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[81]<\/a> U.S. Department of Commerce, Industry and Trade Administration, \u201cCommercial News USA<\/em>\u201d, U.S. Foreign Commercial Service, Washington DC, 1979, page 38<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[82]<\/a> https:\/\/www.referenceforbusiness.com\/history2\/1\/CompuDyne-Corporation.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[83]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[84]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/hk\/0475615<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[85]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/02088610<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[86]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[87]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/01958854<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[91]<\/a> https:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/200809010266.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[92]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nti.org\/gsn\/article\/danish-man-charged-with-wmd-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[93]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[94]<\/a> Elaman AG Malans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[95]<\/a> Holger G\u00fcnther Rumscheidt Kirchberg in Tirol<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[98]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[99]<\/a> James Bamford, \u201cBody of secrets: Anatomy of the ultra-secret NSA<\/em>\u201d, Anchor Books, New York, 2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-kosovo-security-turkey-idUSKBN1H70CC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2018\/09\/turkish-teachers-detained-moldova-gulen.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/balkaninsight.com\/2018\/09\/06\/six-turkish-professors-detained-by-moldovan-secret-services-09-06-2018\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[36]<\/a> https:\/\/kafila.org\/www-matthewaid-com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[39]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-brings-key-feto-suspect-from-ukraine-to-turkey-134608<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[97]<\/a> https:\/\/www.webcitation.org\/5k8f6XouC?url=http:\/\/www.zianet.com\/jpage\/Bad%20Aibling%20Station%20-%20A%20Legacy%20of%20Excellence.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/military.wikia.org\/wiki\/Bad_Aibling_Station<\/a> ; Gottfried Mayr, \u201cDas Kriegsgefangenenlager PWE No. 26: Bad Aibling 1945-1946 : Massenschicksal \u2013 Einzelschicksale\u201c, Bad Aibling: Hist. Verein Bad Aibling und Umgebung, Bald Aibling 2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[98]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[99]<\/a> James Bamford, \u201cBody of secrets: Anatomy of the ultra-secret NSA<\/em>\u201d, Anchor Books, New York, 2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/global-europe\/news\/flemish-minister-turkish-sponosred-mosque-is-nest-of-spies\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/07\/06\/influenced-by-gulenists-belgium-targets-turkish-mosques-fighting-extremism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/erdogan-critics-listed-by-turkish-embassy-in-prague-were-included-in-bogus-terrorism-probe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turk-greek-ties-strained-by-arson-row-10324<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-greece-germany-spying\/greek-police-arrest-german-on-suspicion-of-spying-idUSBRE97208820130803<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kathimerini.gr\/society\/896001\/istories-me-kataskopoys-sto-aigaio\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.larissanet.gr\/2019\/06\/21\/dikazetai-sti-rodo-kataskopos-tis-tourkias\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/ahvalnews.com\/mit\/turkish-intelligence-recruits-eu-retirees-spy-greece<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/04\/turkish-intelligence-operations-targeting-critics-in-greece-exposed-in-secret-documents\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/intelnews.org\/2016\/12\/09\/01-2023\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/more-secret-documents-confirming-vast-turkish-espionage-activities-in-greece-uncovered\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.skai.gr\/news\/greece\/dyo-syllipseis-ellinon-gia-kataskopeia-sti-rodo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-kosovo-security-turkey-idUSKBN1H70CC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/opinion\/murat-yetkin\/turkish-intelligence-unveils-secret-codes-used-before-coup-attempt-103843<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2018\/09\/turkish-teachers-detained-moldova-gulen.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/balkaninsight.com\/2018\/09\/06\/six-turkish-professors-detained-by-moldovan-secret-services-09-06-2018\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/turkeypurge.com\/turkey-spying-imams-active-also-in-norway<\/a> ; https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/turkeys-autocratic-president-erdogans-spying-profiling-expands-in-norway\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/kafila.org\/www-matthewaid-com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/report-sweden-launches-espionage-probe-into-turkish-govt-representatives\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/politics\/undiplomatic_swiss-eye-alleged-turkish-kidnapping-attempt\/43973170<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/swiss-foreign-minister-warns-turkey-against-illegal-spying-111199<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/eu-affairs\/2017\/05\/01\/as-anti-turkish-politics-grip-europe-turkish-swiss-policeman-arrested<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-brings-key-feto-suspect-from-ukraine-to-turkey-134608<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.meforum.org\/60976\/turkish-spy-agency-mit-intelligence-gathering-australia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-egypt-court\/egypt-detains-29-people-on-suspicion-of-espionage-for-turkey-idUSKBN1DM1AN<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.egypttoday.com\/Article\/1\/33764\/In-Pictures-Egypt-foils-Turkish-espionage-attempt<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-agency-brings-three-feto-members-from-gabon-to-turkey-130050<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/turkey\/turkish-intelligence-agency-rescues-a-kidnapped-italian-citizen-in-kenya-36192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20190807-libyan-national-army-turkish-intelligence-is-operating-in-tripoli\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/11\/27\/senior-feto-figure-captured-by-turkish-intelligence-in-sudan\/amp<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/07\/turkish-diplomats-have-extensively-spied-on-critics-in-the-united-states\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/1101683.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intel-returns-wanted-feto-from-azerbaijan-140108<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/06\/turkish-diplomats-spy-on-erdogan-critics-in-georgia-secret-document-reveals\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2019\/04\/22\/4-pkk-terrorists-brought-to-turkey-from-iraq-in-operation-by-turkish-intelligence<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/news\/pkk-confirms-capture-two-turkish-spies-iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.presstv.com\/Detail\/2017\/08\/29\/533306\/PKK-Turkish-officers-spying-Iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.sabah.com.tr\/gundem\/2019\/07\/07\/son-dakika-teror-orgutu-pkkkcknin-sozde-baskanlik-konseyi-uyesi-diyar-garip-muhammed-etkisiz-hale-getirildi<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thedefensepost.com\/2018\/08\/15\/turkey-airstrike-pkk-sinjar-iraq\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/menafn.com\/1098975780\/Turkish-warplanes-neutralize-4-PKK-terrorists-In-Iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2019\/09\/16\/3-pkk-terrorists-neutralized-by-turkish-jets-in-northern-iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkey-neutralizes-senior-female-ypg-pkk-terrorist-150730<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/cellmate-teacher-abducted-by-turkeys-mit-from-malaysia-subjected-to-torture-in-ankara\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligences-captures-feto-suspect-in-malaysia-146188<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-mongolia-kidnapping-turkey-idUSKBN1KI03N<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/pakistan\/pakistan-admits-they-secretly-deported-turkish-family-wanted-by-erdogan-govt-4895423\/lite\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turkish_involvement_in_the_Syrian_civil_war<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/securityaffairs.co\/wordpress\/41169\/breaking-news\/finfisher-spyware-new-customers.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.business-humanrights.org\/en\/latest-news\/german-prosecutor-to-investigate-finfisher-for-allegedly-selling-spyware-used-against-journalists-and-activists-in-turkey-without-license\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.ecchr.eu\/en\/press-release\/german-prosecutor-opens-criminal-investiation-into-finfisher-for-selling-spyware-to-turkey-without-license\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reporter-ohne-grenzen.de\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/freiheitsrechte.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[60]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[61]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecchr.eu\/en\/about-us\/?L=2<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[62]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 4-5<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[63]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 6-7, page 12<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[64]<\/a> https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847361\/UK-NCP-initial-complaint-privacy-international-and-others-against-gamma-international-uk-ltd.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847362\/UK-NCP-Final-statement-complaint-Privacy-International-Gamma-International-UK-Ltd.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847364\/uk-ncp-follow-up-statement-privacy-international-gamma-international.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[65]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/privacy-international-complaint-to-uk-ncp-about-gamma-international-uk-ltd<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[66]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/finfisher-malicious-spyware-disguised-mozilla-firefox-discovered-36-countries-1233177<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[67]<\/a> https:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/home\/security-news\/finfisher-command-and-control-hubs-turn-up-in-11-new-countries\/<\/a> ; 2013.04.01 SC Magazine on FinFisher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[68]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/german-prosecutors-investigate-spyware-maker-finfisher\/a-50293812<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[69]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/2020\/unsere-strafanzeige-razzia-bei-staatstrojaner-firma-finfisher-in-muenchen\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[70]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/intelligence_privacy\/avira-lantivirus-comprato-dai-servizi-segreti-del-golfo-persico\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/blogs.mediapart.fr\/paolo-fusi\/blog\/260920\/le-hacker-militaire-qui-achete-avira<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[71]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/research\/2020\/09\/german-made-finspy-spyware-found-in-egypt-and-mac-and-linux-versions-revealed\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[72]<\/a> https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/BL-DGB-23568<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/technology\/apple\/8912714\/Apple-iTunes-flaw-allowed-government-spying-for-3-years.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/krebsonsecurity.com\/2011\/11\/apple-took-3-years-to-fix-finfisher-trojan-hole\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2012-07-25\/cyber-attacks-on-activists-traced-to-finfisher-spyware-of-gamma<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[75]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/tecnologia\/2015\/07\/12\/news\/segreti-concorrenza-e-fobie-tutti-i-punti-deboli-di-hacking-team-1.35241096<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[76]<\/a> https:\/\/citizenlab.ca\/2015\/10\/mapping-finfishers-continuing-proliferation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[77]<\/a> https:\/\/bigbrotherawards.de\/en\/2012\/technology-gamma-international<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2020\/09\/turkey-austria-spy-nehammer-kurdish-clashes-protests-vienna.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/austria-turkey-espionage-int-idUSKBN25S4R5<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/10\/13\/world\/europe\/turkey-austria-erdogan-assassin.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/global-europe\/news\/flemish-minister-turkish-sponosred-mosque-is-nest-of-spies\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/07\/06\/influenced-by-gulenists-belgium-targets-turkish-mosques-fighting-extremism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/erdogan-critics-listed-by-turkish-embassy-in-prague-were-included-in-bogus-terrorism-probe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turk-greek-ties-strained-by-arson-row-10324<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-greece-germany-spying\/greek-police-arrest-german-on-suspicion-of-spying-idUSBRE97208820130803<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kathimerini.gr\/society\/896001\/istories-me-kataskopoys-sto-aigaio\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.larissanet.gr\/2019\/06\/21\/dikazetai-sti-rodo-kataskopos-tis-tourkias\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/ahvalnews.com\/mit\/turkish-intelligence-recruits-eu-retirees-spy-greece<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/04\/turkish-intelligence-operations-targeting-critics-in-greece-exposed-in-secret-documents\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/intelnews.org\/2016\/12\/09\/01-2023\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/more-secret-documents-confirming-vast-turkish-espionage-activities-in-greece-uncovered\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.skai.gr\/news\/greece\/dyo-syllipseis-ellinon-gia-kataskopeia-sti-rodo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-kosovo-security-turkey-idUSKBN1H70CC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/opinion\/murat-yetkin\/turkish-intelligence-unveils-secret-codes-used-before-coup-attempt-103843<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2018\/09\/turkish-teachers-detained-moldova-gulen.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/balkaninsight.com\/2018\/09\/06\/six-turkish-professors-detained-by-moldovan-secret-services-09-06-2018\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/turkeypurge.com\/turkey-spying-imams-active-also-in-norway<\/a> ; https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/turkeys-autocratic-president-erdogans-spying-profiling-expands-in-norway\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/kafila.org\/www-matthewaid-com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/report-sweden-launches-espionage-probe-into-turkish-govt-representatives\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/politics\/undiplomatic_swiss-eye-alleged-turkish-kidnapping-attempt\/43973170<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/swiss-foreign-minister-warns-turkey-against-illegal-spying-111199<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/eu-affairs\/2017\/05\/01\/as-anti-turkish-politics-grip-europe-turkish-swiss-policeman-arrested<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-brings-key-feto-suspect-from-ukraine-to-turkey-134608<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.meforum.org\/60976\/turkish-spy-agency-mit-intelligence-gathering-australia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-egypt-court\/egypt-detains-29-people-on-suspicion-of-espionage-for-turkey-idUSKBN1DM1AN<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.egypttoday.com\/Article\/1\/33764\/In-Pictures-Egypt-foils-Turkish-espionage-attempt<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-agency-brings-three-feto-members-from-gabon-to-turkey-130050<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/turkey\/turkish-intelligence-agency-rescues-a-kidnapped-italian-citizen-in-kenya-36192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20190807-libyan-national-army-turkish-intelligence-is-operating-in-tripoli\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/11\/27\/senior-feto-figure-captured-by-turkish-intelligence-in-sudan\/amp<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/07\/turkish-diplomats-have-extensively-spied-on-critics-in-the-united-states\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/1101683.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intel-returns-wanted-feto-from-azerbaijan-140108<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/06\/turkish-diplomats-spy-on-erdogan-critics-in-georgia-secret-document-reveals\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2019\/04\/22\/4-pkk-terrorists-brought-to-turkey-from-iraq-in-operation-by-turkish-intelligence<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/news\/pkk-confirms-capture-two-turkish-spies-iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.presstv.com\/Detail\/2017\/08\/29\/533306\/PKK-Turkish-officers-spying-Iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.sabah.com.tr\/gundem\/2019\/07\/07\/son-dakika-teror-orgutu-pkkkcknin-sozde-baskanlik-konseyi-uyesi-diyar-garip-muhammed-etkisiz-hale-getirildi<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thedefensepost.com\/2018\/08\/15\/turkey-airstrike-pkk-sinjar-iraq\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/menafn.com\/1098975780\/Turkish-warplanes-neutralize-4-PKK-terrorists-In-Iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2019\/09\/16\/3-pkk-terrorists-neutralized-by-turkish-jets-in-northern-iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkey-neutralizes-senior-female-ypg-pkk-terrorist-150730<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/cellmate-teacher-abducted-by-turkeys-mit-from-malaysia-subjected-to-torture-in-ankara\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligences-captures-feto-suspect-in-malaysia-146188<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-mongolia-kidnapping-turkey-idUSKBN1KI03N<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/pakistan\/pakistan-admits-they-secretly-deported-turkish-family-wanted-by-erdogan-govt-4895423\/lite\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turkish_involvement_in_the_Syrian_civil_war<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/securityaffairs.co\/wordpress\/41169\/breaking-news\/finfisher-spyware-new-customers.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.business-humanrights.org\/en\/latest-news\/german-prosecutor-to-investigate-finfisher-for-allegedly-selling-spyware-used-against-journalists-and-activists-in-turkey-without-license\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.ecchr.eu\/en\/press-release\/german-prosecutor-opens-criminal-investiation-into-finfisher-for-selling-spyware-to-turkey-without-license\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reporter-ohne-grenzen.de\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/freiheitsrechte.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[60]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[61]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecchr.eu\/en\/about-us\/?L=2<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[62]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 4-5<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[63]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 6-7, page 12<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[64]<\/a> https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847361\/UK-NCP-initial-complaint-privacy-international-and-others-against-gamma-international-uk-ltd.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847362\/UK-NCP-Final-statement-complaint-Privacy-International-Gamma-International-UK-Ltd.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847364\/uk-ncp-follow-up-statement-privacy-international-gamma-international.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[65]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/privacy-international-complaint-to-uk-ncp-about-gamma-international-uk-ltd<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[66]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/finfisher-malicious-spyware-disguised-mozilla-firefox-discovered-36-countries-1233177<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[67]<\/a> https:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/home\/security-news\/finfisher-command-and-control-hubs-turn-up-in-11-new-countries\/<\/a> ; 2013.04.01 SC Magazine on FinFisher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[68]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/german-prosecutors-investigate-spyware-maker-finfisher\/a-50293812<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[69]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/2020\/unsere-strafanzeige-razzia-bei-staatstrojaner-firma-finfisher-in-muenchen\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[70]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/intelligence_privacy\/avira-lantivirus-comprato-dai-servizi-segreti-del-golfo-persico\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/blogs.mediapart.fr\/paolo-fusi\/blog\/260920\/le-hacker-militaire-qui-achete-avira<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[71]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/research\/2020\/09\/german-made-finspy-spyware-found-in-egypt-and-mac-and-linux-versions-revealed\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[72]<\/a> https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/BL-DGB-23568<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/technology\/apple\/8912714\/Apple-iTunes-flaw-allowed-government-spying-for-3-years.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/krebsonsecurity.com\/2011\/11\/apple-took-3-years-to-fix-finfisher-trojan-hole\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2012-07-25\/cyber-attacks-on-activists-traced-to-finfisher-spyware-of-gamma<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[75]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/tecnologia\/2015\/07\/12\/news\/segreti-concorrenza-e-fobie-tutti-i-punti-deboli-di-hacking-team-1.35241096<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[76]<\/a> https:\/\/citizenlab.ca\/2015\/10\/mapping-finfishers-continuing-proliferation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[77]<\/a> https:\/\/bigbrotherawards.de\/en\/2012\/technology-gamma-international<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[78]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/pdf\/gammagrouploutheannelsonwapenhandelaarspursang.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/slideum.com\/doc\/9973831\/gehele-observant-%2369--januari-2017-politie-mercenaries<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[79]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[81]<\/a> U.S. Department of Commerce, Industry and Trade Administration, \u201cCommercial News USA<\/em>\u201d, U.S. Foreign Commercial Service, Washington DC, 1979, page 38<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[82]<\/a> https:\/\/www.referenceforbusiness.com\/history2\/1\/CompuDyne-Corporation.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[84]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/hk\/0475615<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[85]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/02088610<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[86]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[87]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/01958854<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[88]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/05318642<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[89]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/06591222<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[92]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nti.org\/gsn\/article\/danish-man-charged-with-wmd-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[94]<\/a> Elaman AG Malans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[95]<\/a> Holger G\u00fcnther Rumscheidt Kirchberg in Tirol<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[98]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[99]<\/a> James Bamford, \u201cBody of secrets: Anatomy of the ultra-secret NSA<\/em>\u201d, Anchor Books, New York, 2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.derstandard.at\/story\/1397522175727\/geheimdienst-staat-tuerkei<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2020\/09\/turkey-austria-spy-nehammer-kurdish-clashes-protests-vienna.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/austria-turkey-espionage-int-idUSKBN25S4R5<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/10\/13\/world\/europe\/turkey-austria-erdogan-assassin.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/global-europe\/news\/flemish-minister-turkish-sponosred-mosque-is-nest-of-spies\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/07\/06\/influenced-by-gulenists-belgium-targets-turkish-mosques-fighting-extremism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/erdogan-critics-listed-by-turkish-embassy-in-prague-were-included-in-bogus-terrorism-probe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turk-greek-ties-strained-by-arson-row-10324<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-greece-germany-spying\/greek-police-arrest-german-on-suspicion-of-spying-idUSBRE97208820130803<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kathimerini.gr\/society\/896001\/istories-me-kataskopoys-sto-aigaio\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.larissanet.gr\/2019\/06\/21\/dikazetai-sti-rodo-kataskopos-tis-tourkias\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/ahvalnews.com\/mit\/turkish-intelligence-recruits-eu-retirees-spy-greece<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/04\/turkish-intelligence-operations-targeting-critics-in-greece-exposed-in-secret-documents\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/intelnews.org\/2016\/12\/09\/01-2023\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/more-secret-documents-confirming-vast-turkish-espionage-activities-in-greece-uncovered\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.skai.gr\/news\/greece\/dyo-syllipseis-ellinon-gia-kataskopeia-sti-rodo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-kosovo-security-turkey-idUSKBN1H70CC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/opinion\/murat-yetkin\/turkish-intelligence-unveils-secret-codes-used-before-coup-attempt-103843<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2018\/09\/turkish-teachers-detained-moldova-gulen.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/balkaninsight.com\/2018\/09\/06\/six-turkish-professors-detained-by-moldovan-secret-services-09-06-2018\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/turkeypurge.com\/turkey-spying-imams-active-also-in-norway<\/a> ; https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/turkeys-autocratic-president-erdogans-spying-profiling-expands-in-norway\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/kafila.org\/www-matthewaid-com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/report-sweden-launches-espionage-probe-into-turkish-govt-representatives\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/politics\/undiplomatic_swiss-eye-alleged-turkish-kidnapping-attempt\/43973170<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/swiss-foreign-minister-warns-turkey-against-illegal-spying-111199<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/eu-affairs\/2017\/05\/01\/as-anti-turkish-politics-grip-europe-turkish-swiss-policeman-arrested<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-brings-key-feto-suspect-from-ukraine-to-turkey-134608<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.meforum.org\/60976\/turkish-spy-agency-mit-intelligence-gathering-australia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-egypt-court\/egypt-detains-29-people-on-suspicion-of-espionage-for-turkey-idUSKBN1DM1AN<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.egypttoday.com\/Article\/1\/33764\/In-Pictures-Egypt-foils-Turkish-espionage-attempt<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-agency-brings-three-feto-members-from-gabon-to-turkey-130050<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/turkey\/turkish-intelligence-agency-rescues-a-kidnapped-italian-citizen-in-kenya-36192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20190807-libyan-national-army-turkish-intelligence-is-operating-in-tripoli\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/11\/27\/senior-feto-figure-captured-by-turkish-intelligence-in-sudan\/amp<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/07\/turkish-diplomats-have-extensively-spied-on-critics-in-the-united-states\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/1101683.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intel-returns-wanted-feto-from-azerbaijan-140108<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/06\/turkish-diplomats-spy-on-erdogan-critics-in-georgia-secret-document-reveals\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[52]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/cellmate-teacher-abducted-by-turkeys-mit-from-malaysia-subjected-to-torture-in-ankara\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligences-captures-feto-suspect-in-malaysia-146188<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-mongolia-kidnapping-turkey-idUSKBN1KI03N<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/pakistan\/pakistan-admits-they-secretly-deported-turkish-family-wanted-by-erdogan-govt-4895423\/lite\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turkish_involvement_in_the_Syrian_civil_war<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/securityaffairs.co\/wordpress\/41169\/breaking-news\/finfisher-spyware-new-customers.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[58]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reporter-ohne-grenzen.de\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/freiheitsrechte.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[60]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[61]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecchr.eu\/en\/about-us\/?L=2<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[62]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 4-5<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[63]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 6-7, page 12<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[65]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/privacy-international-complaint-to-uk-ncp-about-gamma-international-uk-ltd<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[66]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/finfisher-malicious-spyware-disguised-mozilla-firefox-discovered-36-countries-1233177<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[67]<\/a> https:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/home\/security-news\/finfisher-command-and-control-hubs-turn-up-in-11-new-countries\/<\/a> ; 2013.04.01 SC Magazine on FinFisher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[68]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/german-prosecutors-investigate-spyware-maker-finfisher\/a-50293812<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[69]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/2020\/unsere-strafanzeige-razzia-bei-staatstrojaner-firma-finfisher-in-muenchen\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[70]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/intelligence_privacy\/avira-lantivirus-comprato-dai-servizi-segreti-del-golfo-persico\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/blogs.mediapart.fr\/paolo-fusi\/blog\/260920\/le-hacker-militaire-qui-achete-avira<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[71]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/research\/2020\/09\/german-made-finspy-spyware-found-in-egypt-and-mac-and-linux-versions-revealed\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[75]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/tecnologia\/2015\/07\/12\/news\/segreti-concorrenza-e-fobie-tutti-i-punti-deboli-di-hacking-team-1.35241096<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[76]<\/a> https:\/\/citizenlab.ca\/2015\/10\/mapping-finfishers-continuing-proliferation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[77]<\/a> https:\/\/bigbrotherawards.de\/en\/2012\/technology-gamma-international<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[78]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/pdf\/gammagrouploutheannelsonwapenhandelaarspursang.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/slideum.com\/doc\/9973831\/gehele-observant-%2369--januari-2017-politie-mercenaries<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[79]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[81]<\/a> U.S. Department of Commerce, Industry and Trade Administration, \u201cCommercial News USA<\/em>\u201d, U.S. Foreign Commercial Service, Washington DC, 1979, page 38<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[82]<\/a> https:\/\/www.referenceforbusiness.com\/history2\/1\/CompuDyne-Corporation.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[84]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/hk\/0475615<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[85]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/02088610<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[92]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nti.org\/gsn\/article\/danish-man-charged-with-wmd-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[94]<\/a> Elaman AG Malans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article157778863\/Erdogans-Agenten-bedrohen-Tuerken-in-Deutschland.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.derstandard.at\/story\/1397522175727\/geheimdienst-staat-tuerkei<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2020\/09\/turkey-austria-spy-nehammer-kurdish-clashes-protests-vienna.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/austria-turkey-espionage-int-idUSKBN25S4R5<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/10\/13\/world\/europe\/turkey-austria-erdogan-assassin.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/global-europe\/news\/flemish-minister-turkish-sponosred-mosque-is-nest-of-spies\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/07\/06\/influenced-by-gulenists-belgium-targets-turkish-mosques-fighting-extremism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/erdogan-critics-listed-by-turkish-embassy-in-prague-were-included-in-bogus-terrorism-probe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turk-greek-ties-strained-by-arson-row-10324<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-greece-germany-spying\/greek-police-arrest-german-on-suspicion-of-spying-idUSBRE97208820130803<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kathimerini.gr\/society\/896001\/istories-me-kataskopoys-sto-aigaio\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.larissanet.gr\/2019\/06\/21\/dikazetai-sti-rodo-kataskopos-tis-tourkias\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/ahvalnews.com\/mit\/turkish-intelligence-recruits-eu-retirees-spy-greece<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/04\/turkish-intelligence-operations-targeting-critics-in-greece-exposed-in-secret-documents\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/intelnews.org\/2016\/12\/09\/01-2023\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/more-secret-documents-confirming-vast-turkish-espionage-activities-in-greece-uncovered\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.skai.gr\/news\/greece\/dyo-syllipseis-ellinon-gia-kataskopeia-sti-rodo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-kosovo-security-turkey-idUSKBN1H70CC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/opinion\/murat-yetkin\/turkish-intelligence-unveils-secret-codes-used-before-coup-attempt-103843<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2018\/09\/turkish-teachers-detained-moldova-gulen.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/balkaninsight.com\/2018\/09\/06\/six-turkish-professors-detained-by-moldovan-secret-services-09-06-2018\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/turkeypurge.com\/turkey-spying-imams-active-also-in-norway<\/a> ; https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/turkeys-autocratic-president-erdogans-spying-profiling-expands-in-norway\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/kafila.org\/www-matthewaid-com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/report-sweden-launches-espionage-probe-into-turkish-govt-representatives\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/politics\/undiplomatic_swiss-eye-alleged-turkish-kidnapping-attempt\/43973170<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/swiss-foreign-minister-warns-turkey-against-illegal-spying-111199<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/eu-affairs\/2017\/05\/01\/as-anti-turkish-politics-grip-europe-turkish-swiss-policeman-arrested<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-brings-key-feto-suspect-from-ukraine-to-turkey-134608<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.meforum.org\/60976\/turkish-spy-agency-mit-intelligence-gathering-australia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-agency-brings-three-feto-members-from-gabon-to-turkey-130050<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/turkey\/turkish-intelligence-agency-rescues-a-kidnapped-italian-citizen-in-kenya-36192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20190807-libyan-national-army-turkish-intelligence-is-operating-in-tripoli\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[47]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/07\/turkish-diplomats-have-extensively-spied-on-critics-in-the-united-states\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[66]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/finfisher-malicious-spyware-disguised-mozilla-firefox-discovered-36-countries-1233177<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[67]<\/a> https:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/home\/security-news\/finfisher-command-and-control-hubs-turn-up-in-11-new-countries\/<\/a> ; 2013.04.01 SC Magazine on FinFisher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[68]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/german-prosecutors-investigate-spyware-maker-finfisher\/a-50293812<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[69]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/2020\/unsere-strafanzeige-razzia-bei-staatstrojaner-firma-finfisher-in-muenchen\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[70]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/intelligence_privacy\/avira-lantivirus-comprato-dai-servizi-segreti-del-golfo-persico\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/blogs.mediapart.fr\/paolo-fusi\/blog\/260920\/le-hacker-militaire-qui-achete-avira<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[71]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/research\/2020\/09\/german-made-finspy-spyware-found-in-egypt-and-mac-and-linux-versions-revealed\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[77]<\/a> https:\/\/bigbrotherawards.de\/en\/2012\/technology-gamma-international<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nadir.org\/nadir\/initiativ\/isku\/hintergrund\/geheimdienste\/geheim994.htm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/tuerkischer-geheimdienst-liess-erdogan-gegner-in-deutschland-ausspionieren\/12027820.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article157778863\/Erdogans-Agenten-bedrohen-Tuerken-in-Deutschland.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.derstandard.at\/story\/1397522175727\/geheimdienst-staat-tuerkei<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2020\/09\/turkey-austria-spy-nehammer-kurdish-clashes-protests-vienna.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/austria-turkey-espionage-int-idUSKBN25S4R5<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/10\/13\/world\/europe\/turkey-austria-erdogan-assassin.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/global-europe\/news\/flemish-minister-turkish-sponosred-mosque-is-nest-of-spies\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/07\/06\/influenced-by-gulenists-belgium-targets-turkish-mosques-fighting-extremism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/erdogan-critics-listed-by-turkish-embassy-in-prague-were-included-in-bogus-terrorism-probe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turk-greek-ties-strained-by-arson-row-10324<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-greece-germany-spying\/greek-police-arrest-german-on-suspicion-of-spying-idUSBRE97208820130803<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kathimerini.gr\/society\/896001\/istories-me-kataskopoys-sto-aigaio\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.larissanet.gr\/2019\/06\/21\/dikazetai-sti-rodo-kataskopos-tis-tourkias\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/ahvalnews.com\/mit\/turkish-intelligence-recruits-eu-retirees-spy-greece<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/04\/turkish-intelligence-operations-targeting-critics-in-greece-exposed-in-secret-documents\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/intelnews.org\/2016\/12\/09\/01-2023\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/more-secret-documents-confirming-vast-turkish-espionage-activities-in-greece-uncovered\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.skai.gr\/news\/greece\/dyo-syllipseis-ellinon-gia-kataskopeia-sti-rodo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-kosovo-security-turkey-idUSKBN1H70CC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/opinion\/murat-yetkin\/turkish-intelligence-unveils-secret-codes-used-before-coup-attempt-103843<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2018\/09\/turkish-teachers-detained-moldova-gulen.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/balkaninsight.com\/2018\/09\/06\/six-turkish-professors-detained-by-moldovan-secret-services-09-06-2018\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/turkeypurge.com\/turkey-spying-imams-active-also-in-norway<\/a> ; https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/turkeys-autocratic-president-erdogans-spying-profiling-expands-in-norway\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/kafila.org\/www-matthewaid-com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/report-sweden-launches-espionage-probe-into-turkish-govt-representatives\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/politics\/undiplomatic_swiss-eye-alleged-turkish-kidnapping-attempt\/43973170<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/swiss-foreign-minister-warns-turkey-against-illegal-spying-111199<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/eu-affairs\/2017\/05\/01\/as-anti-turkish-politics-grip-europe-turkish-swiss-policeman-arrested<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-brings-key-feto-suspect-from-ukraine-to-turkey-134608<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.meforum.org\/60976\/turkish-spy-agency-mit-intelligence-gathering-australia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-egypt-court\/egypt-detains-29-people-on-suspicion-of-espionage-for-turkey-idUSKBN1DM1AN<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.egypttoday.com\/Article\/1\/33764\/In-Pictures-Egypt-foils-Turkish-espionage-attempt<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-agency-brings-three-feto-members-from-gabon-to-turkey-130050<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/turkey\/turkish-intelligence-agency-rescues-a-kidnapped-italian-citizen-in-kenya-36192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20190807-libyan-national-army-turkish-intelligence-is-operating-in-tripoli\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/11\/27\/senior-feto-figure-captured-by-turkish-intelligence-in-sudan\/amp<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/07\/turkish-diplomats-have-extensively-spied-on-critics-in-the-united-states\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/1101683.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intel-returns-wanted-feto-from-azerbaijan-140108<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/06\/turkish-diplomats-spy-on-erdogan-critics-in-georgia-secret-document-reveals\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[52]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/cellmate-teacher-abducted-by-turkeys-mit-from-malaysia-subjected-to-torture-in-ankara\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligences-captures-feto-suspect-in-malaysia-146188<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-mongolia-kidnapping-turkey-idUSKBN1KI03N<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/pakistan\/pakistan-admits-they-secretly-deported-turkish-family-wanted-by-erdogan-govt-4895423\/lite\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turkish_involvement_in_the_Syrian_civil_war<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/securityaffairs.co\/wordpress\/41169\/breaking-news\/finfisher-spyware-new-customers.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.business-humanrights.org\/en\/latest-news\/german-prosecutor-to-investigate-finfisher-for-allegedly-selling-spyware-used-against-journalists-and-activists-in-turkey-without-license\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.ecchr.eu\/en\/press-release\/german-prosecutor-opens-criminal-investiation-into-finfisher-for-selling-spyware-to-turkey-without-license\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reporter-ohne-grenzen.de\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/freiheitsrechte.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[60]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[61]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecchr.eu\/en\/about-us\/?L=2<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[62]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 4-5<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[63]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 6-7, page 12<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[64]<\/a> https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847361\/UK-NCP-initial-complaint-privacy-international-and-others-against-gamma-international-uk-ltd.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847362\/UK-NCP-Final-statement-complaint-Privacy-International-Gamma-International-UK-Ltd.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847364\/uk-ncp-follow-up-statement-privacy-international-gamma-international.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[65]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/privacy-international-complaint-to-uk-ncp-about-gamma-international-uk-ltd<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[66]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/finfisher-malicious-spyware-disguised-mozilla-firefox-discovered-36-countries-1233177<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[67]<\/a> https:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/home\/security-news\/finfisher-command-and-control-hubs-turn-up-in-11-new-countries\/<\/a> ; 2013.04.01 SC Magazine on FinFisher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[68]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/german-prosecutors-investigate-spyware-maker-finfisher\/a-50293812<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[69]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/2020\/unsere-strafanzeige-razzia-bei-staatstrojaner-firma-finfisher-in-muenchen\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[70]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/intelligence_privacy\/avira-lantivirus-comprato-dai-servizi-segreti-del-golfo-persico\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/blogs.mediapart.fr\/paolo-fusi\/blog\/260920\/le-hacker-militaire-qui-achete-avira<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[71]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/research\/2020\/09\/german-made-finspy-spyware-found-in-egypt-and-mac-and-linux-versions-revealed\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[72]<\/a> https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/BL-DGB-23568<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/technology\/apple\/8912714\/Apple-iTunes-flaw-allowed-government-spying-for-3-years.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/krebsonsecurity.com\/2011\/11\/apple-took-3-years-to-fix-finfisher-trojan-hole\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2012-07-25\/cyber-attacks-on-activists-traced-to-finfisher-spyware-of-gamma<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[75]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/tecnologia\/2015\/07\/12\/news\/segreti-concorrenza-e-fobie-tutti-i-punti-deboli-di-hacking-team-1.35241096<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[76]<\/a> https:\/\/citizenlab.ca\/2015\/10\/mapping-finfishers-continuing-proliferation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[77]<\/a> https:\/\/bigbrotherawards.de\/en\/2012\/technology-gamma-international<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[78]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/pdf\/gammagrouploutheannelsonwapenhandelaarspursang.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/slideum.com\/doc\/9973831\/gehele-observant-%2369--januari-2017-politie-mercenaries<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[81]<\/a> U.S. Department of Commerce, Industry and Trade Administration, \u201cCommercial News USA<\/em>\u201d, U.S. Foreign Commercial Service, Washington DC, 1979, page 38<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[82]<\/a> https:\/\/www.referenceforbusiness.com\/history2\/1\/CompuDyne-Corporation.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[83]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[84]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/hk\/0475615<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[85]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/02088610<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[86]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[91]<\/a> https:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/200809010266.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[92]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nti.org\/gsn\/article\/danish-man-charged-with-wmd-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[93]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[94]<\/a> Elaman AG Malans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[95]<\/a> Holger G\u00fcnther Rumscheidt Kirchberg in Tirol<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[98]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[99]<\/a> James Bamford, \u201cBody of secrets: Anatomy of the ultra-secret NSA<\/em>\u201d, Anchor Books, New York, 2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/turkey\/turkish-intelligence-agency-rescues-a-kidnapped-italian-citizen-in-kenya-36192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[76]<\/a> https:\/\/citizenlab.ca\/2015\/10\/mapping-finfishers-continuing-proliferation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[77]<\/a> https:\/\/bigbrotherawards.de\/en\/2012\/technology-gamma-international<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[78]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/pdf\/gammagrouploutheannelsonwapenhandelaarspursang.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/slideum.com\/doc\/9973831\/gehele-observant-%2369--januari-2017-politie-mercenaries<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[81]<\/a> U.S. Department of Commerce, Industry and Trade Administration, \u201cCommercial News USA<\/em>\u201d, U.S. Foreign Commercial Service, Washington DC, 1979, page 38<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[82]<\/a> https:\/\/www.referenceforbusiness.com\/history2\/1\/CompuDyne-Corporation.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[85]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/02088610<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[21]<\/a> http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/erdogandan-canli-yayinda-can-dundara-tehdit-288885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/www.faz.net\/aktuell\/politik\/ausland\/europa\/tuerkei\/tuerkei-kampf-gegen-die-soldaten-des-lichts-12715816.html?printPagedArticle=true#pageIndex_3<\/a> ; https:\/\/taz.de\/Wie-Guelen-zum-Staatsfeind-Nr-1-wurde\/!5323191\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.sabah.com.tr\/gundem\/2021\/02\/03\/son-dakika-istihbarattaki-fetocu-generalden-bomba-itiraflar-tegmen-rutbemi-fetullah-gulen-takti<\/a> ; https:\/\/tr.sputniknews.com\/turkiye\/202001211041211454-sozcu-ilker-basbugu-cezaevine-attiran-feto-mektubunu-acikliyoruz\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.genios.de\/presse-archiv\/artikel\/FAZ\/20171111\/jagd-auf-die-guelenisten\/FR1201711115279571.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nadir.org\/nadir\/initiativ\/isku\/hintergrund\/geheimdienste\/geheim994.htm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/tuerkischer-geheimdienst-liess-erdogan-gegner-in-deutschland-ausspionieren\/12027820.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article157778863\/Erdogans-Agenten-bedrohen-Tuerken-in-Deutschland.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.derstandard.at\/story\/1397522175727\/geheimdienst-staat-tuerkei<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2020\/09\/turkey-austria-spy-nehammer-kurdish-clashes-protests-vienna.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/austria-turkey-espionage-int-idUSKBN25S4R5<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/10\/13\/world\/europe\/turkey-austria-erdogan-assassin.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/global-europe\/news\/flemish-minister-turkish-sponosred-mosque-is-nest-of-spies\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/07\/06\/influenced-by-gulenists-belgium-targets-turkish-mosques-fighting-extremism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/erdogan-critics-listed-by-turkish-embassy-in-prague-were-included-in-bogus-terrorism-probe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turk-greek-ties-strained-by-arson-row-10324<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-greece-germany-spying\/greek-police-arrest-german-on-suspicion-of-spying-idUSBRE97208820130803<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kathimerini.gr\/society\/896001\/istories-me-kataskopoys-sto-aigaio\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.larissanet.gr\/2019\/06\/21\/dikazetai-sti-rodo-kataskopos-tis-tourkias\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/ahvalnews.com\/mit\/turkish-intelligence-recruits-eu-retirees-spy-greece<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/04\/turkish-intelligence-operations-targeting-critics-in-greece-exposed-in-secret-documents\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/intelnews.org\/2016\/12\/09\/01-2023\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/more-secret-documents-confirming-vast-turkish-espionage-activities-in-greece-uncovered\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.skai.gr\/news\/greece\/dyo-syllipseis-ellinon-gia-kataskopeia-sti-rodo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-kosovo-security-turkey-idUSKBN1H70CC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/opinion\/murat-yetkin\/turkish-intelligence-unveils-secret-codes-used-before-coup-attempt-103843<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2018\/09\/turkish-teachers-detained-moldova-gulen.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/balkaninsight.com\/2018\/09\/06\/six-turkish-professors-detained-by-moldovan-secret-services-09-06-2018\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/turkeypurge.com\/turkey-spying-imams-active-also-in-norway<\/a> ; https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/turkeys-autocratic-president-erdogans-spying-profiling-expands-in-norway\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/kafila.org\/www-matthewaid-com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/report-sweden-launches-espionage-probe-into-turkish-govt-representatives\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/politics\/undiplomatic_swiss-eye-alleged-turkish-kidnapping-attempt\/43973170<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/swiss-foreign-minister-warns-turkey-against-illegal-spying-111199<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/eu-affairs\/2017\/05\/01\/as-anti-turkish-politics-grip-europe-turkish-swiss-policeman-arrested<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-brings-key-feto-suspect-from-ukraine-to-turkey-134608<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.meforum.org\/60976\/turkish-spy-agency-mit-intelligence-gathering-australia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-egypt-court\/egypt-detains-29-people-on-suspicion-of-espionage-for-turkey-idUSKBN1DM1AN<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.egypttoday.com\/Article\/1\/33764\/In-Pictures-Egypt-foils-Turkish-espionage-attempt<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-agency-brings-three-feto-members-from-gabon-to-turkey-130050<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/turkey\/turkish-intelligence-agency-rescues-a-kidnapped-italian-citizen-in-kenya-36192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20190807-libyan-national-army-turkish-intelligence-is-operating-in-tripoli\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/11\/27\/senior-feto-figure-captured-by-turkish-intelligence-in-sudan\/amp<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/07\/turkish-diplomats-have-extensively-spied-on-critics-in-the-united-states\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/1101683.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intel-returns-wanted-feto-from-azerbaijan-140108<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/06\/turkish-diplomats-spy-on-erdogan-critics-in-georgia-secret-document-reveals\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[52]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/cellmate-teacher-abducted-by-turkeys-mit-from-malaysia-subjected-to-torture-in-ankara\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligences-captures-feto-suspect-in-malaysia-146188<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-mongolia-kidnapping-turkey-idUSKBN1KI03N<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/pakistan\/pakistan-admits-they-secretly-deported-turkish-family-wanted-by-erdogan-govt-4895423\/lite\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turkish_involvement_in_the_Syrian_civil_war<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/securityaffairs.co\/wordpress\/41169\/breaking-news\/finfisher-spyware-new-customers.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[58]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reporter-ohne-grenzen.de\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/freiheitsrechte.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[60]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[61]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecchr.eu\/en\/about-us\/?L=2<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[62]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 4-5<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[63]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 6-7, page 12<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[65]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/privacy-international-complaint-to-uk-ncp-about-gamma-international-uk-ltd<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[66]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/finfisher-malicious-spyware-disguised-mozilla-firefox-discovered-36-countries-1233177<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[67]<\/a> https:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/home\/security-news\/finfisher-command-and-control-hubs-turn-up-in-11-new-countries\/<\/a> ; 2013.04.01 SC Magazine on FinFisher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[68]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/german-prosecutors-investigate-spyware-maker-finfisher\/a-50293812<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[69]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/2020\/unsere-strafanzeige-razzia-bei-staatstrojaner-firma-finfisher-in-muenchen\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[70]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/intelligence_privacy\/avira-lantivirus-comprato-dai-servizi-segreti-del-golfo-persico\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/blogs.mediapart.fr\/paolo-fusi\/blog\/260920\/le-hacker-militaire-qui-achete-avira<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[71]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/research\/2020\/09\/german-made-finspy-spyware-found-in-egypt-and-mac-and-linux-versions-revealed\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[75]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/tecnologia\/2015\/07\/12\/news\/segreti-concorrenza-e-fobie-tutti-i-punti-deboli-di-hacking-team-1.35241096<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[76]<\/a> https:\/\/citizenlab.ca\/2015\/10\/mapping-finfishers-continuing-proliferation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[77]<\/a> https:\/\/bigbrotherawards.de\/en\/2012\/technology-gamma-international<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[78]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/pdf\/gammagrouploutheannelsonwapenhandelaarspursang.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/slideum.com\/doc\/9973831\/gehele-observant-%2369--januari-2017-politie-mercenaries<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[79]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[81]<\/a> U.S. Department of Commerce, Industry and Trade Administration, \u201cCommercial News USA<\/em>\u201d, U.S. Foreign Commercial Service, Washington DC, 1979, page 38<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[82]<\/a> https:\/\/www.referenceforbusiness.com\/history2\/1\/CompuDyne-Corporation.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[84]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/hk\/0475615<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[85]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/02088610<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[92]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nti.org\/gsn\/article\/danish-man-charged-with-wmd-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[94]<\/a> Elaman AG Malans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[21]<\/a> http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/erdogandan-canli-yayinda-can-dundara-tehdit-288885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/www.faz.net\/aktuell\/politik\/ausland\/europa\/tuerkei\/tuerkei-kampf-gegen-die-soldaten-des-lichts-12715816.html?printPagedArticle=true#pageIndex_3<\/a> ; https:\/\/taz.de\/Wie-Guelen-zum-Staatsfeind-Nr-1-wurde\/!5323191\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.sabah.com.tr\/gundem\/2021\/02\/03\/son-dakika-istihbarattaki-fetocu-generalden-bomba-itiraflar-tegmen-rutbemi-fetullah-gulen-takti<\/a> ; https:\/\/tr.sputniknews.com\/turkiye\/202001211041211454-sozcu-ilker-basbugu-cezaevine-attiran-feto-mektubunu-acikliyoruz\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.genios.de\/presse-archiv\/artikel\/FAZ\/20171111\/jagd-auf-die-guelenisten\/FR1201711115279571.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nadir.org\/nadir\/initiativ\/isku\/hintergrund\/geheimdienste\/geheim994.htm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/tuerkischer-geheimdienst-liess-erdogan-gegner-in-deutschland-ausspionieren\/12027820.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article157778863\/Erdogans-Agenten-bedrohen-Tuerken-in-Deutschland.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.derstandard.at\/story\/1397522175727\/geheimdienst-staat-tuerkei<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2020\/09\/turkey-austria-spy-nehammer-kurdish-clashes-protests-vienna.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/austria-turkey-espionage-int-idUSKBN25S4R5<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/10\/13\/world\/europe\/turkey-austria-erdogan-assassin.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/global-europe\/news\/flemish-minister-turkish-sponosred-mosque-is-nest-of-spies\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/07\/06\/influenced-by-gulenists-belgium-targets-turkish-mosques-fighting-extremism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/erdogan-critics-listed-by-turkish-embassy-in-prague-were-included-in-bogus-terrorism-probe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-kosovo-security-turkey-idUSKBN1H70CC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/opinion\/murat-yetkin\/turkish-intelligence-unveils-secret-codes-used-before-coup-attempt-103843<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/global-europe\/news\/flemish-minister-turkish-sponosred-mosque-is-nest-of-spies\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/07\/06\/influenced-by-gulenists-belgium-targets-turkish-mosques-fighting-extremism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-kosovo-security-turkey-idUSKBN1H70CC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2018\/09\/turkish-teachers-detained-moldova-gulen.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/balkaninsight.com\/2018\/09\/06\/six-turkish-professors-detained-by-moldovan-secret-services-09-06-2018\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[39]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-brings-key-feto-suspect-from-ukraine-to-turkey-134608<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-agency-brings-three-feto-members-from-gabon-to-turkey-130050<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/turkey\/turkish-intelligence-agency-rescues-a-kidnapped-italian-citizen-in-kenya-36192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[97]<\/a> https:\/\/www.webcitation.org\/5k8f6XouC?url=http:\/\/www.zianet.com\/jpage\/Bad%20Aibling%20Station%20-%20A%20Legacy%20of%20Excellence.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/military.wikia.org\/wiki\/Bad_Aibling_Station<\/a> ; Gottfried Mayr, \u201cDas Kriegsgefangenenlager PWE No. 26: Bad Aibling 1945-1946 : Massenschicksal \u2013 Einzelschicksale\u201c, Bad Aibling: Hist. Verein Bad Aibling und Umgebung, Bald Aibling 2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[98]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[99]<\/a> James Bamford, \u201cBody of secrets: Anatomy of the ultra-secret NSA<\/em>\u201d, Anchor Books, New York, 2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[19]<\/a> https:\/\/bianet.org\/bianet\/insan-haklari\/155519-tir-lari-durdurmakla-suclanan-13-askere-muebbet-istendi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.milliyet.com.tr\/gundem\/mit-tirlari-olayinda-yeni-gelisme-5-savci-gorevden-uzaklastirildi-1999064<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/erdogandan-canli-yayinda-can-dundara-tehdit-288885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/www.faz.net\/aktuell\/politik\/ausland\/europa\/tuerkei\/tuerkei-kampf-gegen-die-soldaten-des-lichts-12715816.html?printPagedArticle=true#pageIndex_3<\/a> ; https:\/\/taz.de\/Wie-Guelen-zum-Staatsfeind-Nr-1-wurde\/!5323191\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.sabah.com.tr\/gundem\/2021\/02\/03\/son-dakika-istihbarattaki-fetocu-generalden-bomba-itiraflar-tegmen-rutbemi-fetullah-gulen-takti<\/a> ; https:\/\/tr.sputniknews.com\/turkiye\/202001211041211454-sozcu-ilker-basbugu-cezaevine-attiran-feto-mektubunu-acikliyoruz\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.genios.de\/presse-archiv\/artikel\/FAZ\/20171111\/jagd-auf-die-guelenisten\/FR1201711115279571.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nadir.org\/nadir\/initiativ\/isku\/hintergrund\/geheimdienste\/geheim994.htm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/tuerkischer-geheimdienst-liess-erdogan-gegner-in-deutschland-ausspionieren\/12027820.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article157778863\/Erdogans-Agenten-bedrohen-Tuerken-in-Deutschland.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.derstandard.at\/story\/1397522175727\/geheimdienst-staat-tuerkei<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2020\/09\/turkey-austria-spy-nehammer-kurdish-clashes-protests-vienna.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/austria-turkey-espionage-int-idUSKBN25S4R5<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/10\/13\/world\/europe\/turkey-austria-erdogan-assassin.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/global-europe\/news\/flemish-minister-turkish-sponosred-mosque-is-nest-of-spies\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/07\/06\/influenced-by-gulenists-belgium-targets-turkish-mosques-fighting-extremism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turk-greek-ties-strained-by-arson-row-10324<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-greece-germany-spying\/greek-police-arrest-german-on-suspicion-of-spying-idUSBRE97208820130803<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kathimerini.gr\/society\/896001\/istories-me-kataskopoys-sto-aigaio\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.larissanet.gr\/2019\/06\/21\/dikazetai-sti-rodo-kataskopos-tis-tourkias\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/ahvalnews.com\/mit\/turkish-intelligence-recruits-eu-retirees-spy-greece<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/04\/turkish-intelligence-operations-targeting-critics-in-greece-exposed-in-secret-documents\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/intelnews.org\/2016\/12\/09\/01-2023\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/more-secret-documents-confirming-vast-turkish-espionage-activities-in-greece-uncovered\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.skai.gr\/news\/greece\/dyo-syllipseis-ellinon-gia-kataskopeia-sti-rodo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-kosovo-security-turkey-idUSKBN1H70CC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2018\/09\/turkish-teachers-detained-moldova-gulen.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/balkaninsight.com\/2018\/09\/06\/six-turkish-professors-detained-by-moldovan-secret-services-09-06-2018\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/turkeypurge.com\/turkey-spying-imams-active-also-in-norway<\/a> ; https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/turkeys-autocratic-president-erdogans-spying-profiling-expands-in-norway\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/kafila.org\/www-matthewaid-com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[38]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/politics\/undiplomatic_swiss-eye-alleged-turkish-kidnapping-attempt\/43973170<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/swiss-foreign-minister-warns-turkey-against-illegal-spying-111199<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/eu-affairs\/2017\/05\/01\/as-anti-turkish-politics-grip-europe-turkish-swiss-policeman-arrested<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-brings-key-feto-suspect-from-ukraine-to-turkey-134608<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.meforum.org\/60976\/turkish-spy-agency-mit-intelligence-gathering-australia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-egypt-court\/egypt-detains-29-people-on-suspicion-of-espionage-for-turkey-idUSKBN1DM1AN<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.egypttoday.com\/Article\/1\/33764\/In-Pictures-Egypt-foils-Turkish-espionage-attempt<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-agency-brings-three-feto-members-from-gabon-to-turkey-130050<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/turkey\/turkish-intelligence-agency-rescues-a-kidnapped-italian-citizen-in-kenya-36192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20190807-libyan-national-army-turkish-intelligence-is-operating-in-tripoli\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/11\/27\/senior-feto-figure-captured-by-turkish-intelligence-in-sudan\/amp<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/07\/turkish-diplomats-have-extensively-spied-on-critics-in-the-united-states\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/1101683.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intel-returns-wanted-feto-from-azerbaijan-140108<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/06\/turkish-diplomats-spy-on-erdogan-critics-in-georgia-secret-document-reveals\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[52]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/cellmate-teacher-abducted-by-turkeys-mit-from-malaysia-subjected-to-torture-in-ankara\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligences-captures-feto-suspect-in-malaysia-146188<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-mongolia-kidnapping-turkey-idUSKBN1KI03N<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/pakistan\/pakistan-admits-they-secretly-deported-turkish-family-wanted-by-erdogan-govt-4895423\/lite\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turkish_involvement_in_the_Syrian_civil_war<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[58]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reporter-ohne-grenzen.de\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/freiheitsrechte.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[60]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[61]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecchr.eu\/en\/about-us\/?L=2<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[63]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 6-7, page 12<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[64]<\/a> https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847361\/UK-NCP-initial-complaint-privacy-international-and-others-against-gamma-international-uk-ltd.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847362\/UK-NCP-Final-statement-complaint-Privacy-International-Gamma-International-UK-Ltd.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847364\/uk-ncp-follow-up-statement-privacy-international-gamma-international.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[65]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/privacy-international-complaint-to-uk-ncp-about-gamma-international-uk-ltd<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[67]<\/a> https:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/home\/security-news\/finfisher-command-and-control-hubs-turn-up-in-11-new-countries\/<\/a> ; 2013.04.01 SC Magazine on FinFisher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[68]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/german-prosecutors-investigate-spyware-maker-finfisher\/a-50293812<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[69]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/2020\/unsere-strafanzeige-razzia-bei-staatstrojaner-firma-finfisher-in-muenchen\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[70]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/intelligence_privacy\/avira-lantivirus-comprato-dai-servizi-segreti-del-golfo-persico\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/blogs.mediapart.fr\/paolo-fusi\/blog\/260920\/le-hacker-militaire-qui-achete-avira<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[71]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/research\/2020\/09\/german-made-finspy-spyware-found-in-egypt-and-mac-and-linux-versions-revealed\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[72]<\/a> https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/BL-DGB-23568<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/technology\/apple\/8912714\/Apple-iTunes-flaw-allowed-government-spying-for-3-years.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/krebsonsecurity.com\/2011\/11\/apple-took-3-years-to-fix-finfisher-trojan-hole\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2012-07-25\/cyber-attacks-on-activists-traced-to-finfisher-spyware-of-gamma<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[75]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/tecnologia\/2015\/07\/12\/news\/segreti-concorrenza-e-fobie-tutti-i-punti-deboli-di-hacking-team-1.35241096<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[76]<\/a> https:\/\/citizenlab.ca\/2015\/10\/mapping-finfishers-continuing-proliferation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[77]<\/a> https:\/\/bigbrotherawards.de\/en\/2012\/technology-gamma-international<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[78]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/pdf\/gammagrouploutheannelsonwapenhandelaarspursang.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/slideum.com\/doc\/9973831\/gehele-observant-%2369--januari-2017-politie-mercenaries<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[79]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[81]<\/a> U.S. Department of Commerce, Industry and Trade Administration, \u201cCommercial News USA<\/em>\u201d, U.S. Foreign Commercial Service, Washington DC, 1979, page 38<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[82]<\/a> https:\/\/www.referenceforbusiness.com\/history2\/1\/CompuDyne-Corporation.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[84]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/hk\/0475615<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[85]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/02088610<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[86]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[87]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/01958854<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[88]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/05318642<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[89]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/06591222<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[92]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nti.org\/gsn\/article\/danish-man-charged-with-wmd-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[94]<\/a> Elaman AG Malans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[95]<\/a> Holger G\u00fcnther Rumscheidt Kirchberg in Tirol<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[98]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[99]<\/a> James Bamford, \u201cBody of secrets: Anatomy of the ultra-secret NSA<\/em>\u201d, Anchor Books, New York, 2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[18]<\/a> http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com.tr\/haber\/mit-tirlari-boyle-durduruldu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/bianet.org\/bianet\/insan-haklari\/155519-tir-lari-durdurmakla-suclanan-13-askere-muebbet-istendi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.milliyet.com.tr\/gundem\/mit-tirlari-olayinda-yeni-gelisme-5-savci-gorevden-uzaklastirildi-1999064<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/erdogandan-canli-yayinda-can-dundara-tehdit-288885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/www.faz.net\/aktuell\/politik\/ausland\/europa\/tuerkei\/tuerkei-kampf-gegen-die-soldaten-des-lichts-12715816.html?printPagedArticle=true#pageIndex_3<\/a> ; https:\/\/taz.de\/Wie-Guelen-zum-Staatsfeind-Nr-1-wurde\/!5323191\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.sabah.com.tr\/gundem\/2021\/02\/03\/son-dakika-istihbarattaki-fetocu-generalden-bomba-itiraflar-tegmen-rutbemi-fetullah-gulen-takti<\/a> ; https:\/\/tr.sputniknews.com\/turkiye\/202001211041211454-sozcu-ilker-basbugu-cezaevine-attiran-feto-mektubunu-acikliyoruz\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.genios.de\/presse-archiv\/artikel\/FAZ\/20171111\/jagd-auf-die-guelenisten\/FR1201711115279571.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nadir.org\/nadir\/initiativ\/isku\/hintergrund\/geheimdienste\/geheim994.htm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/tuerkischer-geheimdienst-liess-erdogan-gegner-in-deutschland-ausspionieren\/12027820.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article157778863\/Erdogans-Agenten-bedrohen-Tuerken-in-Deutschland.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.derstandard.at\/story\/1397522175727\/geheimdienst-staat-tuerkei<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2020\/09\/turkey-austria-spy-nehammer-kurdish-clashes-protests-vienna.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/austria-turkey-espionage-int-idUSKBN25S4R5<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/10\/13\/world\/europe\/turkey-austria-erdogan-assassin.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/global-europe\/news\/flemish-minister-turkish-sponosred-mosque-is-nest-of-spies\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/07\/06\/influenced-by-gulenists-belgium-targets-turkish-mosques-fighting-extremism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/erdogan-critics-listed-by-turkish-embassy-in-prague-were-included-in-bogus-terrorism-probe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turk-greek-ties-strained-by-arson-row-10324<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-greece-germany-spying\/greek-police-arrest-german-on-suspicion-of-spying-idUSBRE97208820130803<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kathimerini.gr\/society\/896001\/istories-me-kataskopoys-sto-aigaio\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.larissanet.gr\/2019\/06\/21\/dikazetai-sti-rodo-kataskopos-tis-tourkias\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/ahvalnews.com\/mit\/turkish-intelligence-recruits-eu-retirees-spy-greece<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/04\/turkish-intelligence-operations-targeting-critics-in-greece-exposed-in-secret-documents\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/intelnews.org\/2016\/12\/09\/01-2023\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/more-secret-documents-confirming-vast-turkish-espionage-activities-in-greece-uncovered\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.skai.gr\/news\/greece\/dyo-syllipseis-ellinon-gia-kataskopeia-sti-rodo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-kosovo-security-turkey-idUSKBN1H70CC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/opinion\/murat-yetkin\/turkish-intelligence-unveils-secret-codes-used-before-coup-attempt-103843<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2018\/09\/turkish-teachers-detained-moldova-gulen.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/balkaninsight.com\/2018\/09\/06\/six-turkish-professors-detained-by-moldovan-secret-services-09-06-2018\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/turkeypurge.com\/turkey-spying-imams-active-also-in-norway<\/a> ; https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/turkeys-autocratic-president-erdogans-spying-profiling-expands-in-norway\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/kafila.org\/www-matthewaid-com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/report-sweden-launches-espionage-probe-into-turkish-govt-representatives\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/politics\/undiplomatic_swiss-eye-alleged-turkish-kidnapping-attempt\/43973170<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/swiss-foreign-minister-warns-turkey-against-illegal-spying-111199<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/eu-affairs\/2017\/05\/01\/as-anti-turkish-politics-grip-europe-turkish-swiss-policeman-arrested<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-brings-key-feto-suspect-from-ukraine-to-turkey-134608<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.meforum.org\/60976\/turkish-spy-agency-mit-intelligence-gathering-australia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-egypt-court\/egypt-detains-29-people-on-suspicion-of-espionage-for-turkey-idUSKBN1DM1AN<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.egypttoday.com\/Article\/1\/33764\/In-Pictures-Egypt-foils-Turkish-espionage-attempt<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-agency-brings-three-feto-members-from-gabon-to-turkey-130050<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/turkey\/turkish-intelligence-agency-rescues-a-kidnapped-italian-citizen-in-kenya-36192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20190807-libyan-national-army-turkish-intelligence-is-operating-in-tripoli\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/11\/27\/senior-feto-figure-captured-by-turkish-intelligence-in-sudan\/amp<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/07\/turkish-diplomats-have-extensively-spied-on-critics-in-the-united-states\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/1101683.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intel-returns-wanted-feto-from-azerbaijan-140108<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/06\/turkish-diplomats-spy-on-erdogan-critics-in-georgia-secret-document-reveals\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[52]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/cellmate-teacher-abducted-by-turkeys-mit-from-malaysia-subjected-to-torture-in-ankara\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligences-captures-feto-suspect-in-malaysia-146188<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-mongolia-kidnapping-turkey-idUSKBN1KI03N<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[58]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reporter-ohne-grenzen.de\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[63]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 6-7, page 12<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[66]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/finfisher-malicious-spyware-disguised-mozilla-firefox-discovered-36-countries-1233177<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[67]<\/a> https:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/home\/security-news\/finfisher-command-and-control-hubs-turn-up-in-11-new-countries\/<\/a> ; 2013.04.01 SC Magazine on FinFisher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[68]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/german-prosecutors-investigate-spyware-maker-finfisher\/a-50293812<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[69]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/2020\/unsere-strafanzeige-razzia-bei-staatstrojaner-firma-finfisher-in-muenchen\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[70]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/intelligence_privacy\/avira-lantivirus-comprato-dai-servizi-segreti-del-golfo-persico\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/blogs.mediapart.fr\/paolo-fusi\/blog\/260920\/le-hacker-militaire-qui-achete-avira<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[71]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/research\/2020\/09\/german-made-finspy-spyware-found-in-egypt-and-mac-and-linux-versions-revealed\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[75]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/tecnologia\/2015\/07\/12\/news\/segreti-concorrenza-e-fobie-tutti-i-punti-deboli-di-hacking-team-1.35241096<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[76]<\/a> https:\/\/citizenlab.ca\/2015\/10\/mapping-finfishers-continuing-proliferation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[77]<\/a> https:\/\/bigbrotherawards.de\/en\/2012\/technology-gamma-international<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[78]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/pdf\/gammagrouploutheannelsonwapenhandelaarspursang.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/slideum.com\/doc\/9973831\/gehele-observant-%2369--januari-2017-politie-mercenaries<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[79]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[81]<\/a> U.S. Department of Commerce, Industry and Trade Administration, \u201cCommercial News USA<\/em>\u201d, U.S. Foreign Commercial Service, Washington DC, 1979, page 38<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[82]<\/a> https:\/\/www.referenceforbusiness.com\/history2\/1\/CompuDyne-Corporation.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[84]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/hk\/0475615<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[85]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/02088610<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[86]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[87]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/01958854<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[92]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nti.org\/gsn\/article\/danish-man-charged-with-wmd-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[94]<\/a> Elaman AG Malans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[16]<\/a> 1000 colpi di mortaio, 1000 colpi di artiglieria, 50\u2019000 fucili d'assalto e 30\u2019000 munizioni per mitragliatrice \u2013 see in https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529223636\/http:\/\/www.aktifhaber.com\/devlet-sirri-denilen-mit-tirlari-ile-ilgili-tapeler-1053377h.htm#<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.haber7.com\/guncel\/haber\/1121773-mit-tirlari-neden-durduruldu<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com.tr\/haber\/mit-tirlari-boyle-durduruldu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/bianet.org\/bianet\/insan-haklari\/155519-tir-lari-durdurmakla-suclanan-13-askere-muebbet-istendi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.milliyet.com.tr\/gundem\/mit-tirlari-olayinda-yeni-gelisme-5-savci-gorevden-uzaklastirildi-1999064<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/erdogandan-canli-yayinda-can-dundara-tehdit-288885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/www.faz.net\/aktuell\/politik\/ausland\/europa\/tuerkei\/tuerkei-kampf-gegen-die-soldaten-des-lichts-12715816.html?printPagedArticle=true#pageIndex_3<\/a> ; https:\/\/taz.de\/Wie-Guelen-zum-Staatsfeind-Nr-1-wurde\/!5323191\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.sabah.com.tr\/gundem\/2021\/02\/03\/son-dakika-istihbarattaki-fetocu-generalden-bomba-itiraflar-tegmen-rutbemi-fetullah-gulen-takti<\/a> ; https:\/\/tr.sputniknews.com\/turkiye\/202001211041211454-sozcu-ilker-basbugu-cezaevine-attiran-feto-mektubunu-acikliyoruz\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.genios.de\/presse-archiv\/artikel\/FAZ\/20171111\/jagd-auf-die-guelenisten\/FR1201711115279571.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nadir.org\/nadir\/initiativ\/isku\/hintergrund\/geheimdienste\/geheim994.htm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/tuerkischer-geheimdienst-liess-erdogan-gegner-in-deutschland-ausspionieren\/12027820.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article157778863\/Erdogans-Agenten-bedrohen-Tuerken-in-Deutschland.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.derstandard.at\/story\/1397522175727\/geheimdienst-staat-tuerkei<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2020\/09\/turkey-austria-spy-nehammer-kurdish-clashes-protests-vienna.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/austria-turkey-espionage-int-idUSKBN25S4R5<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/10\/13\/world\/europe\/turkey-austria-erdogan-assassin.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/global-europe\/news\/flemish-minister-turkish-sponosred-mosque-is-nest-of-spies\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/07\/06\/influenced-by-gulenists-belgium-targets-turkish-mosques-fighting-extremism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/erdogan-critics-listed-by-turkish-embassy-in-prague-were-included-in-bogus-terrorism-probe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turk-greek-ties-strained-by-arson-row-10324<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-greece-germany-spying\/greek-police-arrest-german-on-suspicion-of-spying-idUSBRE97208820130803<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kathimerini.gr\/society\/896001\/istories-me-kataskopoys-sto-aigaio\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.larissanet.gr\/2019\/06\/21\/dikazetai-sti-rodo-kataskopos-tis-tourkias\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/ahvalnews.com\/mit\/turkish-intelligence-recruits-eu-retirees-spy-greece<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/04\/turkish-intelligence-operations-targeting-critics-in-greece-exposed-in-secret-documents\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/intelnews.org\/2016\/12\/09\/01-2023\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/more-secret-documents-confirming-vast-turkish-espionage-activities-in-greece-uncovered\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.skai.gr\/news\/greece\/dyo-syllipseis-ellinon-gia-kataskopeia-sti-rodo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-kosovo-security-turkey-idUSKBN1H70CC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/opinion\/murat-yetkin\/turkish-intelligence-unveils-secret-codes-used-before-coup-attempt-103843<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2018\/09\/turkish-teachers-detained-moldova-gulen.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/balkaninsight.com\/2018\/09\/06\/six-turkish-professors-detained-by-moldovan-secret-services-09-06-2018\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/turkeypurge.com\/turkey-spying-imams-active-also-in-norway<\/a> ; https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/turkeys-autocratic-president-erdogans-spying-profiling-expands-in-norway\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/kafila.org\/www-matthewaid-com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[38]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/politics\/undiplomatic_swiss-eye-alleged-turkish-kidnapping-attempt\/43973170<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/swiss-foreign-minister-warns-turkey-against-illegal-spying-111199<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/eu-affairs\/2017\/05\/01\/as-anti-turkish-politics-grip-europe-turkish-swiss-policeman-arrested<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-brings-key-feto-suspect-from-ukraine-to-turkey-134608<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[66]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/finfisher-malicious-spyware-disguised-mozilla-firefox-discovered-36-countries-1233177<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[67]<\/a> https:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/home\/security-news\/finfisher-command-and-control-hubs-turn-up-in-11-new-countries\/<\/a> ; 2013.04.01 SC Magazine on FinFisher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[69]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/2020\/unsere-strafanzeige-razzia-bei-staatstrojaner-firma-finfisher-in-muenchen\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[76]<\/a> https:\/\/citizenlab.ca\/2015\/10\/mapping-finfishers-continuing-proliferation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[77]<\/a> https:\/\/bigbrotherawards.de\/en\/2012\/technology-gamma-international<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[15]<\/a> https:\/\/t24.com.tr\/haber\/adanada-3-tir-durduruldu-arama-yapiliyor,248707<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> 1000 colpi di mortaio, 1000 colpi di artiglieria, 50\u2019000 fucili d'assalto e 30\u2019000 munizioni per mitragliatrice \u2013 see in https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529223636\/http:\/\/www.aktifhaber.com\/devlet-sirri-denilen-mit-tirlari-ile-ilgili-tapeler-1053377h.htm#<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.haber7.com\/guncel\/haber\/1121773-mit-tirlari-neden-durduruldu<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com.tr\/haber\/mit-tirlari-boyle-durduruldu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/bianet.org\/bianet\/insan-haklari\/155519-tir-lari-durdurmakla-suclanan-13-askere-muebbet-istendi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.milliyet.com.tr\/gundem\/mit-tirlari-olayinda-yeni-gelisme-5-savci-gorevden-uzaklastirildi-1999064<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/erdogandan-canli-yayinda-can-dundara-tehdit-288885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/www.faz.net\/aktuell\/politik\/ausland\/europa\/tuerkei\/tuerkei-kampf-gegen-die-soldaten-des-lichts-12715816.html?printPagedArticle=true#pageIndex_3<\/a> ; https:\/\/taz.de\/Wie-Guelen-zum-Staatsfeind-Nr-1-wurde\/!5323191\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.sabah.com.tr\/gundem\/2021\/02\/03\/son-dakika-istihbarattaki-fetocu-generalden-bomba-itiraflar-tegmen-rutbemi-fetullah-gulen-takti<\/a> ; https:\/\/tr.sputniknews.com\/turkiye\/202001211041211454-sozcu-ilker-basbugu-cezaevine-attiran-feto-mektubunu-acikliyoruz\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.genios.de\/presse-archiv\/artikel\/FAZ\/20171111\/jagd-auf-die-guelenisten\/FR1201711115279571.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nadir.org\/nadir\/initiativ\/isku\/hintergrund\/geheimdienste\/geheim994.htm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/tuerkischer-geheimdienst-liess-erdogan-gegner-in-deutschland-ausspionieren\/12027820.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article157778863\/Erdogans-Agenten-bedrohen-Tuerken-in-Deutschland.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.derstandard.at\/story\/1397522175727\/geheimdienst-staat-tuerkei<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2020\/09\/turkey-austria-spy-nehammer-kurdish-clashes-protests-vienna.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/austria-turkey-espionage-int-idUSKBN25S4R5<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/10\/13\/world\/europe\/turkey-austria-erdogan-assassin.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/global-europe\/news\/flemish-minister-turkish-sponosred-mosque-is-nest-of-spies\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/07\/06\/influenced-by-gulenists-belgium-targets-turkish-mosques-fighting-extremism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/erdogan-critics-listed-by-turkish-embassy-in-prague-were-included-in-bogus-terrorism-probe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turk-greek-ties-strained-by-arson-row-10324<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-greece-germany-spying\/greek-police-arrest-german-on-suspicion-of-spying-idUSBRE97208820130803<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kathimerini.gr\/society\/896001\/istories-me-kataskopoys-sto-aigaio\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.larissanet.gr\/2019\/06\/21\/dikazetai-sti-rodo-kataskopos-tis-tourkias\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/ahvalnews.com\/mit\/turkish-intelligence-recruits-eu-retirees-spy-greece<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/04\/turkish-intelligence-operations-targeting-critics-in-greece-exposed-in-secret-documents\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/intelnews.org\/2016\/12\/09\/01-2023\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/more-secret-documents-confirming-vast-turkish-espionage-activities-in-greece-uncovered\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.skai.gr\/news\/greece\/dyo-syllipseis-ellinon-gia-kataskopeia-sti-rodo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-kosovo-security-turkey-idUSKBN1H70CC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/opinion\/murat-yetkin\/turkish-intelligence-unveils-secret-codes-used-before-coup-attempt-103843<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2018\/09\/turkish-teachers-detained-moldova-gulen.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/balkaninsight.com\/2018\/09\/06\/six-turkish-professors-detained-by-moldovan-secret-services-09-06-2018\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/turkeypurge.com\/turkey-spying-imams-active-also-in-norway<\/a> ; https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/turkeys-autocratic-president-erdogans-spying-profiling-expands-in-norway\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/kafila.org\/www-matthewaid-com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/report-sweden-launches-espionage-probe-into-turkish-govt-representatives\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/politics\/undiplomatic_swiss-eye-alleged-turkish-kidnapping-attempt\/43973170<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/swiss-foreign-minister-warns-turkey-against-illegal-spying-111199<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/eu-affairs\/2017\/05\/01\/as-anti-turkish-politics-grip-europe-turkish-swiss-policeman-arrested<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-brings-key-feto-suspect-from-ukraine-to-turkey-134608<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.meforum.org\/60976\/turkish-spy-agency-mit-intelligence-gathering-australia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-egypt-court\/egypt-detains-29-people-on-suspicion-of-espionage-for-turkey-idUSKBN1DM1AN<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.egypttoday.com\/Article\/1\/33764\/In-Pictures-Egypt-foils-Turkish-espionage-attempt<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-agency-brings-three-feto-members-from-gabon-to-turkey-130050<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/turkey\/turkish-intelligence-agency-rescues-a-kidnapped-italian-citizen-in-kenya-36192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20190807-libyan-national-army-turkish-intelligence-is-operating-in-tripoli\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/11\/27\/senior-feto-figure-captured-by-turkish-intelligence-in-sudan\/amp<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/07\/turkish-diplomats-have-extensively-spied-on-critics-in-the-united-states\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/1101683.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intel-returns-wanted-feto-from-azerbaijan-140108<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/06\/turkish-diplomats-spy-on-erdogan-critics-in-georgia-secret-document-reveals\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2019\/04\/22\/4-pkk-terrorists-brought-to-turkey-from-iraq-in-operation-by-turkish-intelligence<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/news\/pkk-confirms-capture-two-turkish-spies-iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.presstv.com\/Detail\/2017\/08\/29\/533306\/PKK-Turkish-officers-spying-Iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.sabah.com.tr\/gundem\/2019\/07\/07\/son-dakika-teror-orgutu-pkkkcknin-sozde-baskanlik-konseyi-uyesi-diyar-garip-muhammed-etkisiz-hale-getirildi<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thedefensepost.com\/2018\/08\/15\/turkey-airstrike-pkk-sinjar-iraq\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/menafn.com\/1098975780\/Turkish-warplanes-neutralize-4-PKK-terrorists-In-Iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2019\/09\/16\/3-pkk-terrorists-neutralized-by-turkish-jets-in-northern-iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkey-neutralizes-senior-female-ypg-pkk-terrorist-150730<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/cellmate-teacher-abducted-by-turkeys-mit-from-malaysia-subjected-to-torture-in-ankara\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligences-captures-feto-suspect-in-malaysia-146188<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-mongolia-kidnapping-turkey-idUSKBN1KI03N<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/pakistan\/pakistan-admits-they-secretly-deported-turkish-family-wanted-by-erdogan-govt-4895423\/lite\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turkish_involvement_in_the_Syrian_civil_war<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/securityaffairs.co\/wordpress\/41169\/breaking-news\/finfisher-spyware-new-customers.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.business-humanrights.org\/en\/latest-news\/german-prosecutor-to-investigate-finfisher-for-allegedly-selling-spyware-used-against-journalists-and-activists-in-turkey-without-license\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.ecchr.eu\/en\/press-release\/german-prosecutor-opens-criminal-investiation-into-finfisher-for-selling-spyware-to-turkey-without-license\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reporter-ohne-grenzen.de\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/freiheitsrechte.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[60]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[61]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecchr.eu\/en\/about-us\/?L=2<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[62]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 4-5<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[63]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 6-7, page 12<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[64]<\/a> https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847361\/UK-NCP-initial-complaint-privacy-international-and-others-against-gamma-international-uk-ltd.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847362\/UK-NCP-Final-statement-complaint-Privacy-International-Gamma-International-UK-Ltd.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847364\/uk-ncp-follow-up-statement-privacy-international-gamma-international.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[65]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/privacy-international-complaint-to-uk-ncp-about-gamma-international-uk-ltd<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[66]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/finfisher-malicious-spyware-disguised-mozilla-firefox-discovered-36-countries-1233177<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[67]<\/a> https:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/home\/security-news\/finfisher-command-and-control-hubs-turn-up-in-11-new-countries\/<\/a> ; 2013.04.01 SC Magazine on FinFisher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[68]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/german-prosecutors-investigate-spyware-maker-finfisher\/a-50293812<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[69]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/2020\/unsere-strafanzeige-razzia-bei-staatstrojaner-firma-finfisher-in-muenchen\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[70]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/intelligence_privacy\/avira-lantivirus-comprato-dai-servizi-segreti-del-golfo-persico\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/blogs.mediapart.fr\/paolo-fusi\/blog\/260920\/le-hacker-militaire-qui-achete-avira<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[71]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/research\/2020\/09\/german-made-finspy-spyware-found-in-egypt-and-mac-and-linux-versions-revealed\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[72]<\/a> https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/BL-DGB-23568<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/technology\/apple\/8912714\/Apple-iTunes-flaw-allowed-government-spying-for-3-years.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/krebsonsecurity.com\/2011\/11\/apple-took-3-years-to-fix-finfisher-trojan-hole\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2012-07-25\/cyber-attacks-on-activists-traced-to-finfisher-spyware-of-gamma<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[76]<\/a> https:\/\/citizenlab.ca\/2015\/10\/mapping-finfishers-continuing-proliferation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[77]<\/a> https:\/\/bigbrotherawards.de\/en\/2012\/technology-gamma-international<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[78]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/pdf\/gammagrouploutheannelsonwapenhandelaarspursang.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/slideum.com\/doc\/9973831\/gehele-observant-%2369--januari-2017-politie-mercenaries<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[82]<\/a> https:\/\/www.referenceforbusiness.com\/history2\/1\/CompuDyne-Corporation.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[85]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/02088610<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[14]<\/a> Hakan Fidan on Nexis, pages 57-60<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/t24.com.tr\/haber\/adanada-3-tir-durduruldu-arama-yapiliyor,248707<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> 1000 colpi di mortaio, 1000 colpi di artiglieria, 50\u2019000 fucili d'assalto e 30\u2019000 munizioni per mitragliatrice \u2013 see in https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529223636\/http:\/\/www.aktifhaber.com\/devlet-sirri-denilen-mit-tirlari-ile-ilgili-tapeler-1053377h.htm#<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.haber7.com\/guncel\/haber\/1121773-mit-tirlari-neden-durduruldu<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com.tr\/haber\/mit-tirlari-boyle-durduruldu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/bianet.org\/bianet\/insan-haklari\/155519-tir-lari-durdurmakla-suclanan-13-askere-muebbet-istendi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.milliyet.com.tr\/gundem\/mit-tirlari-olayinda-yeni-gelisme-5-savci-gorevden-uzaklastirildi-1999064<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/erdogandan-canli-yayinda-can-dundara-tehdit-288885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/www.faz.net\/aktuell\/politik\/ausland\/europa\/tuerkei\/tuerkei-kampf-gegen-die-soldaten-des-lichts-12715816.html?printPagedArticle=true#pageIndex_3<\/a> ; https:\/\/taz.de\/Wie-Guelen-zum-Staatsfeind-Nr-1-wurde\/!5323191\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.sabah.com.tr\/gundem\/2021\/02\/03\/son-dakika-istihbarattaki-fetocu-generalden-bomba-itiraflar-tegmen-rutbemi-fetullah-gulen-takti<\/a> ; https:\/\/tr.sputniknews.com\/turkiye\/202001211041211454-sozcu-ilker-basbugu-cezaevine-attiran-feto-mektubunu-acikliyoruz\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.genios.de\/presse-archiv\/artikel\/FAZ\/20171111\/jagd-auf-die-guelenisten\/FR1201711115279571.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nadir.org\/nadir\/initiativ\/isku\/hintergrund\/geheimdienste\/geheim994.htm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/tuerkischer-geheimdienst-liess-erdogan-gegner-in-deutschland-ausspionieren\/12027820.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article157778863\/Erdogans-Agenten-bedrohen-Tuerken-in-Deutschland.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.derstandard.at\/story\/1397522175727\/geheimdienst-staat-tuerkei<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2020\/09\/turkey-austria-spy-nehammer-kurdish-clashes-protests-vienna.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/austria-turkey-espionage-int-idUSKBN25S4R5<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/10\/13\/world\/europe\/turkey-austria-erdogan-assassin.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/global-europe\/news\/flemish-minister-turkish-sponosred-mosque-is-nest-of-spies\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/07\/06\/influenced-by-gulenists-belgium-targets-turkish-mosques-fighting-extremism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/erdogan-critics-listed-by-turkish-embassy-in-prague-were-included-in-bogus-terrorism-probe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turk-greek-ties-strained-by-arson-row-10324<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-greece-germany-spying\/greek-police-arrest-german-on-suspicion-of-spying-idUSBRE97208820130803<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kathimerini.gr\/society\/896001\/istories-me-kataskopoys-sto-aigaio\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.larissanet.gr\/2019\/06\/21\/dikazetai-sti-rodo-kataskopos-tis-tourkias\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/ahvalnews.com\/mit\/turkish-intelligence-recruits-eu-retirees-spy-greece<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/04\/turkish-intelligence-operations-targeting-critics-in-greece-exposed-in-secret-documents\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/intelnews.org\/2016\/12\/09\/01-2023\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/more-secret-documents-confirming-vast-turkish-espionage-activities-in-greece-uncovered\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.skai.gr\/news\/greece\/dyo-syllipseis-ellinon-gia-kataskopeia-sti-rodo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-kosovo-security-turkey-idUSKBN1H70CC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/opinion\/murat-yetkin\/turkish-intelligence-unveils-secret-codes-used-before-coup-attempt-103843<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2018\/09\/turkish-teachers-detained-moldova-gulen.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/balkaninsight.com\/2018\/09\/06\/six-turkish-professors-detained-by-moldovan-secret-services-09-06-2018\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/turkeypurge.com\/turkey-spying-imams-active-also-in-norway<\/a> ; https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/turkeys-autocratic-president-erdogans-spying-profiling-expands-in-norway\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/kafila.org\/www-matthewaid-com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/report-sweden-launches-espionage-probe-into-turkish-govt-representatives\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/politics\/undiplomatic_swiss-eye-alleged-turkish-kidnapping-attempt\/43973170<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/swiss-foreign-minister-warns-turkey-against-illegal-spying-111199<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/eu-affairs\/2017\/05\/01\/as-anti-turkish-politics-grip-europe-turkish-swiss-policeman-arrested<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-brings-key-feto-suspect-from-ukraine-to-turkey-134608<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.meforum.org\/60976\/turkish-spy-agency-mit-intelligence-gathering-australia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-egypt-court\/egypt-detains-29-people-on-suspicion-of-espionage-for-turkey-idUSKBN1DM1AN<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.egypttoday.com\/Article\/1\/33764\/In-Pictures-Egypt-foils-Turkish-espionage-attempt<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-agency-brings-three-feto-members-from-gabon-to-turkey-130050<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/turkey\/turkish-intelligence-agency-rescues-a-kidnapped-italian-citizen-in-kenya-36192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20190807-libyan-national-army-turkish-intelligence-is-operating-in-tripoli\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/11\/27\/senior-feto-figure-captured-by-turkish-intelligence-in-sudan\/amp<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/07\/turkish-diplomats-have-extensively-spied-on-critics-in-the-united-states\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/1101683.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intel-returns-wanted-feto-from-azerbaijan-140108<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/06\/turkish-diplomats-spy-on-erdogan-critics-in-georgia-secret-document-reveals\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[52]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/cellmate-teacher-abducted-by-turkeys-mit-from-malaysia-subjected-to-torture-in-ankara\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligences-captures-feto-suspect-in-malaysia-146188<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-mongolia-kidnapping-turkey-idUSKBN1KI03N<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[55]<\/a> https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turkish_involvement_in_the_Syrian_civil_war<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[58]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reporter-ohne-grenzen.de\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[63]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 6-7, page 12<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[66]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/finfisher-malicious-spyware-disguised-mozilla-firefox-discovered-36-countries-1233177<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[67]<\/a> https:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/home\/security-news\/finfisher-command-and-control-hubs-turn-up-in-11-new-countries\/<\/a> ; 2013.04.01 SC Magazine on FinFisher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[68]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/german-prosecutors-investigate-spyware-maker-finfisher\/a-50293812<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[69]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/2020\/unsere-strafanzeige-razzia-bei-staatstrojaner-firma-finfisher-in-muenchen\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[70]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/intelligence_privacy\/avira-lantivirus-comprato-dai-servizi-segreti-del-golfo-persico\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/blogs.mediapart.fr\/paolo-fusi\/blog\/260920\/le-hacker-militaire-qui-achete-avira<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[71]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/research\/2020\/09\/german-made-finspy-spyware-found-in-egypt-and-mac-and-linux-versions-revealed\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[76]<\/a> https:\/\/citizenlab.ca\/2015\/10\/mapping-finfishers-continuing-proliferation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[77]<\/a> https:\/\/bigbrotherawards.de\/en\/2012\/technology-gamma-international<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[78]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/pdf\/gammagrouploutheannelsonwapenhandelaarspursang.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/slideum.com\/doc\/9973831\/gehele-observant-%2369--januari-2017-politie-mercenaries<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[79]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[81]<\/a> U.S. Department of Commerce, Industry and Trade Administration, \u201cCommercial News USA<\/em>\u201d, U.S. Foreign Commercial Service, Washington DC, 1979, page 38<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[82]<\/a> https:\/\/www.referenceforbusiness.com\/history2\/1\/CompuDyne-Corporation.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[84]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/hk\/0475615<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[85]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/02088610<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[92]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nti.org\/gsn\/article\/danish-man-charged-with-wmd-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[94]<\/a> Elaman AG Malans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[13]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mill%C3%AE_%C4%B0stihbarat_Te%C5%9Fkil%C3%A2t%C4%B1#Leitung<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> Hakan Fidan on Nexis, pages 57-60<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/t24.com.tr\/haber\/adanada-3-tir-durduruldu-arama-yapiliyor,248707<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> 1000 colpi di mortaio, 1000 colpi di artiglieria, 50\u2019000 fucili d'assalto e 30\u2019000 munizioni per mitragliatrice \u2013 see in https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529223636\/http:\/\/www.aktifhaber.com\/devlet-sirri-denilen-mit-tirlari-ile-ilgili-tapeler-1053377h.htm#<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.haber7.com\/guncel\/haber\/1121773-mit-tirlari-neden-durduruldu<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com.tr\/haber\/mit-tirlari-boyle-durduruldu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/bianet.org\/bianet\/insan-haklari\/155519-tir-lari-durdurmakla-suclanan-13-askere-muebbet-istendi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.milliyet.com.tr\/gundem\/mit-tirlari-olayinda-yeni-gelisme-5-savci-gorevden-uzaklastirildi-1999064<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/erdogandan-canli-yayinda-can-dundara-tehdit-288885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/www.faz.net\/aktuell\/politik\/ausland\/europa\/tuerkei\/tuerkei-kampf-gegen-die-soldaten-des-lichts-12715816.html?printPagedArticle=true#pageIndex_3<\/a> ; https:\/\/taz.de\/Wie-Guelen-zum-Staatsfeind-Nr-1-wurde\/!5323191\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.sabah.com.tr\/gundem\/2021\/02\/03\/son-dakika-istihbarattaki-fetocu-generalden-bomba-itiraflar-tegmen-rutbemi-fetullah-gulen-takti<\/a> ; https:\/\/tr.sputniknews.com\/turkiye\/202001211041211454-sozcu-ilker-basbugu-cezaevine-attiran-feto-mektubunu-acikliyoruz\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.genios.de\/presse-archiv\/artikel\/FAZ\/20171111\/jagd-auf-die-guelenisten\/FR1201711115279571.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nadir.org\/nadir\/initiativ\/isku\/hintergrund\/geheimdienste\/geheim994.htm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/tuerkischer-geheimdienst-liess-erdogan-gegner-in-deutschland-ausspionieren\/12027820.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article157778863\/Erdogans-Agenten-bedrohen-Tuerken-in-Deutschland.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.derstandard.at\/story\/1397522175727\/geheimdienst-staat-tuerkei<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2020\/09\/turkey-austria-spy-nehammer-kurdish-clashes-protests-vienna.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/austria-turkey-espionage-int-idUSKBN25S4R5<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/10\/13\/world\/europe\/turkey-austria-erdogan-assassin.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/global-europe\/news\/flemish-minister-turkish-sponosred-mosque-is-nest-of-spies\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/07\/06\/influenced-by-gulenists-belgium-targets-turkish-mosques-fighting-extremism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/erdogan-critics-listed-by-turkish-embassy-in-prague-were-included-in-bogus-terrorism-probe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turk-greek-ties-strained-by-arson-row-10324<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-greece-germany-spying\/greek-police-arrest-german-on-suspicion-of-spying-idUSBRE97208820130803<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kathimerini.gr\/society\/896001\/istories-me-kataskopoys-sto-aigaio\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.larissanet.gr\/2019\/06\/21\/dikazetai-sti-rodo-kataskopos-tis-tourkias\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/ahvalnews.com\/mit\/turkish-intelligence-recruits-eu-retirees-spy-greece<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/04\/turkish-intelligence-operations-targeting-critics-in-greece-exposed-in-secret-documents\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/intelnews.org\/2016\/12\/09\/01-2023\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/more-secret-documents-confirming-vast-turkish-espionage-activities-in-greece-uncovered\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.skai.gr\/news\/greece\/dyo-syllipseis-ellinon-gia-kataskopeia-sti-rodo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-kosovo-security-turkey-idUSKBN1H70CC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/opinion\/murat-yetkin\/turkish-intelligence-unveils-secret-codes-used-before-coup-attempt-103843<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2018\/09\/turkish-teachers-detained-moldova-gulen.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/balkaninsight.com\/2018\/09\/06\/six-turkish-professors-detained-by-moldovan-secret-services-09-06-2018\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/turkeypurge.com\/turkey-spying-imams-active-also-in-norway<\/a> ; https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/turkeys-autocratic-president-erdogans-spying-profiling-expands-in-norway\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/kafila.org\/www-matthewaid-com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[39]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-brings-key-feto-suspect-from-ukraine-to-turkey-134608<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[66]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/finfisher-malicious-spyware-disguised-mozilla-firefox-discovered-36-countries-1233177<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[67]<\/a> https:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/home\/security-news\/finfisher-command-and-control-hubs-turn-up-in-11-new-countries\/<\/a> ; 2013.04.01 SC Magazine on FinFisher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[69]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/2020\/unsere-strafanzeige-razzia-bei-staatstrojaner-firma-finfisher-in-muenchen\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[76]<\/a> https:\/\/citizenlab.ca\/2015\/10\/mapping-finfishers-continuing-proliferation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[77]<\/a> https:\/\/bigbrotherawards.de\/en\/2012\/technology-gamma-international<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[12]<\/a> 2017.04.13 T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mill%C3%AE_%C4%B0stihbarat_Te%C5%9Fkil%C3%A2t%C4%B1#Leitung<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> Hakan Fidan on Nexis, pages 57-60<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/t24.com.tr\/haber\/adanada-3-tir-durduruldu-arama-yapiliyor,248707<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> 1000 colpi di mortaio, 1000 colpi di artiglieria, 50\u2019000 fucili d'assalto e 30\u2019000 munizioni per mitragliatrice \u2013 see in https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529223636\/http:\/\/www.aktifhaber.com\/devlet-sirri-denilen-mit-tirlari-ile-ilgili-tapeler-1053377h.htm#<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.haber7.com\/guncel\/haber\/1121773-mit-tirlari-neden-durduruldu<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com.tr\/haber\/mit-tirlari-boyle-durduruldu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/bianet.org\/bianet\/insan-haklari\/155519-tir-lari-durdurmakla-suclanan-13-askere-muebbet-istendi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.milliyet.com.tr\/gundem\/mit-tirlari-olayinda-yeni-gelisme-5-savci-gorevden-uzaklastirildi-1999064<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/erdogandan-canli-yayinda-can-dundara-tehdit-288885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/www.faz.net\/aktuell\/politik\/ausland\/europa\/tuerkei\/tuerkei-kampf-gegen-die-soldaten-des-lichts-12715816.html?printPagedArticle=true#pageIndex_3<\/a> ; https:\/\/taz.de\/Wie-Guelen-zum-Staatsfeind-Nr-1-wurde\/!5323191\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.sabah.com.tr\/gundem\/2021\/02\/03\/son-dakika-istihbarattaki-fetocu-generalden-bomba-itiraflar-tegmen-rutbemi-fetullah-gulen-takti<\/a> ; https:\/\/tr.sputniknews.com\/turkiye\/202001211041211454-sozcu-ilker-basbugu-cezaevine-attiran-feto-mektubunu-acikliyoruz\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.genios.de\/presse-archiv\/artikel\/FAZ\/20171111\/jagd-auf-die-guelenisten\/FR1201711115279571.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nadir.org\/nadir\/initiativ\/isku\/hintergrund\/geheimdienste\/geheim994.htm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/tuerkischer-geheimdienst-liess-erdogan-gegner-in-deutschland-ausspionieren\/12027820.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article157778863\/Erdogans-Agenten-bedrohen-Tuerken-in-Deutschland.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.derstandard.at\/story\/1397522175727\/geheimdienst-staat-tuerkei<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2020\/09\/turkey-austria-spy-nehammer-kurdish-clashes-protests-vienna.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/austria-turkey-espionage-int-idUSKBN25S4R5<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/10\/13\/world\/europe\/turkey-austria-erdogan-assassin.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/global-europe\/news\/flemish-minister-turkish-sponosred-mosque-is-nest-of-spies\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/07\/06\/influenced-by-gulenists-belgium-targets-turkish-mosques-fighting-extremism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/erdogan-critics-listed-by-turkish-embassy-in-prague-were-included-in-bogus-terrorism-probe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turk-greek-ties-strained-by-arson-row-10324<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-greece-germany-spying\/greek-police-arrest-german-on-suspicion-of-spying-idUSBRE97208820130803<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kathimerini.gr\/society\/896001\/istories-me-kataskopoys-sto-aigaio\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.larissanet.gr\/2019\/06\/21\/dikazetai-sti-rodo-kataskopos-tis-tourkias\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/ahvalnews.com\/mit\/turkish-intelligence-recruits-eu-retirees-spy-greece<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/04\/turkish-intelligence-operations-targeting-critics-in-greece-exposed-in-secret-documents\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/intelnews.org\/2016\/12\/09\/01-2023\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/more-secret-documents-confirming-vast-turkish-espionage-activities-in-greece-uncovered\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.skai.gr\/news\/greece\/dyo-syllipseis-ellinon-gia-kataskopeia-sti-rodo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-kosovo-security-turkey-idUSKBN1H70CC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/opinion\/murat-yetkin\/turkish-intelligence-unveils-secret-codes-used-before-coup-attempt-103843<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2018\/09\/turkish-teachers-detained-moldova-gulen.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/balkaninsight.com\/2018\/09\/06\/six-turkish-professors-detained-by-moldovan-secret-services-09-06-2018\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/turkeypurge.com\/turkey-spying-imams-active-also-in-norway<\/a> ; https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/turkeys-autocratic-president-erdogans-spying-profiling-expands-in-norway\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/kafila.org\/www-matthewaid-com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/report-sweden-launches-espionage-probe-into-turkish-govt-representatives\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/politics\/undiplomatic_swiss-eye-alleged-turkish-kidnapping-attempt\/43973170<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/swiss-foreign-minister-warns-turkey-against-illegal-spying-111199<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/eu-affairs\/2017\/05\/01\/as-anti-turkish-politics-grip-europe-turkish-swiss-policeman-arrested<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-brings-key-feto-suspect-from-ukraine-to-turkey-134608<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.meforum.org\/60976\/turkish-spy-agency-mit-intelligence-gathering-australia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-egypt-court\/egypt-detains-29-people-on-suspicion-of-espionage-for-turkey-idUSKBN1DM1AN<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.egypttoday.com\/Article\/1\/33764\/In-Pictures-Egypt-foils-Turkish-espionage-attempt<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-agency-brings-three-feto-members-from-gabon-to-turkey-130050<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/turkey\/turkish-intelligence-agency-rescues-a-kidnapped-italian-citizen-in-kenya-36192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20190807-libyan-national-army-turkish-intelligence-is-operating-in-tripoli\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/11\/27\/senior-feto-figure-captured-by-turkish-intelligence-in-sudan\/amp<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/07\/turkish-diplomats-have-extensively-spied-on-critics-in-the-united-states\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/1101683.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intel-returns-wanted-feto-from-azerbaijan-140108<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/06\/turkish-diplomats-spy-on-erdogan-critics-in-georgia-secret-document-reveals\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2019\/04\/22\/4-pkk-terrorists-brought-to-turkey-from-iraq-in-operation-by-turkish-intelligence<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/news\/pkk-confirms-capture-two-turkish-spies-iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.presstv.com\/Detail\/2017\/08\/29\/533306\/PKK-Turkish-officers-spying-Iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.sabah.com.tr\/gundem\/2019\/07\/07\/son-dakika-teror-orgutu-pkkkcknin-sozde-baskanlik-konseyi-uyesi-diyar-garip-muhammed-etkisiz-hale-getirildi<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thedefensepost.com\/2018\/08\/15\/turkey-airstrike-pkk-sinjar-iraq\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/menafn.com\/1098975780\/Turkish-warplanes-neutralize-4-PKK-terrorists-In-Iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2019\/09\/16\/3-pkk-terrorists-neutralized-by-turkish-jets-in-northern-iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkey-neutralizes-senior-female-ypg-pkk-terrorist-150730<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/cellmate-teacher-abducted-by-turkeys-mit-from-malaysia-subjected-to-torture-in-ankara\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligences-captures-feto-suspect-in-malaysia-146188<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-mongolia-kidnapping-turkey-idUSKBN1KI03N<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/pakistan\/pakistan-admits-they-secretly-deported-turkish-family-wanted-by-erdogan-govt-4895423\/lite\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turkish_involvement_in_the_Syrian_civil_war<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/securityaffairs.co\/wordpress\/41169\/breaking-news\/finfisher-spyware-new-customers.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.business-humanrights.org\/en\/latest-news\/german-prosecutor-to-investigate-finfisher-for-allegedly-selling-spyware-used-against-journalists-and-activists-in-turkey-without-license\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.ecchr.eu\/en\/press-release\/german-prosecutor-opens-criminal-investiation-into-finfisher-for-selling-spyware-to-turkey-without-license\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reporter-ohne-grenzen.de\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/freiheitsrechte.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[60]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[61]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecchr.eu\/en\/about-us\/?L=2<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[62]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 4-5<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[63]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 6-7, page 12<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[64]<\/a> https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847361\/UK-NCP-initial-complaint-privacy-international-and-others-against-gamma-international-uk-ltd.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847362\/UK-NCP-Final-statement-complaint-Privacy-International-Gamma-International-UK-Ltd.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847364\/uk-ncp-follow-up-statement-privacy-international-gamma-international.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[65]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/privacy-international-complaint-to-uk-ncp-about-gamma-international-uk-ltd<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[66]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/finfisher-malicious-spyware-disguised-mozilla-firefox-discovered-36-countries-1233177<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[67]<\/a> https:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/home\/security-news\/finfisher-command-and-control-hubs-turn-up-in-11-new-countries\/<\/a> ; 2013.04.01 SC Magazine on FinFisher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[68]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/german-prosecutors-investigate-spyware-maker-finfisher\/a-50293812<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[69]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/2020\/unsere-strafanzeige-razzia-bei-staatstrojaner-firma-finfisher-in-muenchen\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[70]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/intelligence_privacy\/avira-lantivirus-comprato-dai-servizi-segreti-del-golfo-persico\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/blogs.mediapart.fr\/paolo-fusi\/blog\/260920\/le-hacker-militaire-qui-achete-avira<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[71]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/research\/2020\/09\/german-made-finspy-spyware-found-in-egypt-and-mac-and-linux-versions-revealed\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[72]<\/a> https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/BL-DGB-23568<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/technology\/apple\/8912714\/Apple-iTunes-flaw-allowed-government-spying-for-3-years.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/krebsonsecurity.com\/2011\/11\/apple-took-3-years-to-fix-finfisher-trojan-hole\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2012-07-25\/cyber-attacks-on-activists-traced-to-finfisher-spyware-of-gamma<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[76]<\/a> https:\/\/citizenlab.ca\/2015\/10\/mapping-finfishers-continuing-proliferation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[77]<\/a> https:\/\/bigbrotherawards.de\/en\/2012\/technology-gamma-international<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[78]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/pdf\/gammagrouploutheannelsonwapenhandelaarspursang.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/slideum.com\/doc\/9973831\/gehele-observant-%2369--januari-2017-politie-mercenaries<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[81]<\/a> U.S. Department of Commerce, Industry and Trade Administration, \u201cCommercial News USA<\/em>\u201d, U.S. Foreign Commercial Service, Washington DC, 1979, page 38<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[82]<\/a> https:\/\/www.referenceforbusiness.com\/history2\/1\/CompuDyne-Corporation.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[85]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/02088610<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[11]<\/a> T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> 2017.04.13 T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mill%C3%AE_%C4%B0stihbarat_Te%C5%9Fkil%C3%A2t%C4%B1#Leitung<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> Hakan Fidan on Nexis, pages 57-60<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/t24.com.tr\/haber\/adanada-3-tir-durduruldu-arama-yapiliyor,248707<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> 1000 colpi di mortaio, 1000 colpi di artiglieria, 50\u2019000 fucili d'assalto e 30\u2019000 munizioni per mitragliatrice \u2013 see in https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529223636\/http:\/\/www.aktifhaber.com\/devlet-sirri-denilen-mit-tirlari-ile-ilgili-tapeler-1053377h.htm#<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.haber7.com\/guncel\/haber\/1121773-mit-tirlari-neden-durduruldu<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com.tr\/haber\/mit-tirlari-boyle-durduruldu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/bianet.org\/bianet\/insan-haklari\/155519-tir-lari-durdurmakla-suclanan-13-askere-muebbet-istendi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.milliyet.com.tr\/gundem\/mit-tirlari-olayinda-yeni-gelisme-5-savci-gorevden-uzaklastirildi-1999064<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/erdogandan-canli-yayinda-can-dundara-tehdit-288885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/www.faz.net\/aktuell\/politik\/ausland\/europa\/tuerkei\/tuerkei-kampf-gegen-die-soldaten-des-lichts-12715816.html?printPagedArticle=true#pageIndex_3<\/a> ; https:\/\/taz.de\/Wie-Guelen-zum-Staatsfeind-Nr-1-wurde\/!5323191\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.sabah.com.tr\/gundem\/2021\/02\/03\/son-dakika-istihbarattaki-fetocu-generalden-bomba-itiraflar-tegmen-rutbemi-fetullah-gulen-takti<\/a> ; https:\/\/tr.sputniknews.com\/turkiye\/202001211041211454-sozcu-ilker-basbugu-cezaevine-attiran-feto-mektubunu-acikliyoruz\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.genios.de\/presse-archiv\/artikel\/FAZ\/20171111\/jagd-auf-die-guelenisten\/FR1201711115279571.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nadir.org\/nadir\/initiativ\/isku\/hintergrund\/geheimdienste\/geheim994.htm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/tuerkischer-geheimdienst-liess-erdogan-gegner-in-deutschland-ausspionieren\/12027820.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article157778863\/Erdogans-Agenten-bedrohen-Tuerken-in-Deutschland.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.derstandard.at\/story\/1397522175727\/geheimdienst-staat-tuerkei<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2020\/09\/turkey-austria-spy-nehammer-kurdish-clashes-protests-vienna.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/austria-turkey-espionage-int-idUSKBN25S4R5<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/10\/13\/world\/europe\/turkey-austria-erdogan-assassin.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/global-europe\/news\/flemish-minister-turkish-sponosred-mosque-is-nest-of-spies\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/07\/06\/influenced-by-gulenists-belgium-targets-turkish-mosques-fighting-extremism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/erdogan-critics-listed-by-turkish-embassy-in-prague-were-included-in-bogus-terrorism-probe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turk-greek-ties-strained-by-arson-row-10324<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-greece-germany-spying\/greek-police-arrest-german-on-suspicion-of-spying-idUSBRE97208820130803<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kathimerini.gr\/society\/896001\/istories-me-kataskopoys-sto-aigaio\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.larissanet.gr\/2019\/06\/21\/dikazetai-sti-rodo-kataskopos-tis-tourkias\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/ahvalnews.com\/mit\/turkish-intelligence-recruits-eu-retirees-spy-greece<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/04\/turkish-intelligence-operations-targeting-critics-in-greece-exposed-in-secret-documents\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/intelnews.org\/2016\/12\/09\/01-2023\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/more-secret-documents-confirming-vast-turkish-espionage-activities-in-greece-uncovered\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.skai.gr\/news\/greece\/dyo-syllipseis-ellinon-gia-kataskopeia-sti-rodo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-kosovo-security-turkey-idUSKBN1H70CC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/opinion\/murat-yetkin\/turkish-intelligence-unveils-secret-codes-used-before-coup-attempt-103843<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2018\/09\/turkish-teachers-detained-moldova-gulen.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/balkaninsight.com\/2018\/09\/06\/six-turkish-professors-detained-by-moldovan-secret-services-09-06-2018\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/turkeypurge.com\/turkey-spying-imams-active-also-in-norway<\/a> ; https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/turkeys-autocratic-president-erdogans-spying-profiling-expands-in-norway\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/kafila.org\/www-matthewaid-com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/report-sweden-launches-espionage-probe-into-turkish-govt-representatives\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/politics\/undiplomatic_swiss-eye-alleged-turkish-kidnapping-attempt\/43973170<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/swiss-foreign-minister-warns-turkey-against-illegal-spying-111199<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/eu-affairs\/2017\/05\/01\/as-anti-turkish-politics-grip-europe-turkish-swiss-policeman-arrested<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-brings-key-feto-suspect-from-ukraine-to-turkey-134608<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.meforum.org\/60976\/turkish-spy-agency-mit-intelligence-gathering-australia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-egypt-court\/egypt-detains-29-people-on-suspicion-of-espionage-for-turkey-idUSKBN1DM1AN<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.egypttoday.com\/Article\/1\/33764\/In-Pictures-Egypt-foils-Turkish-espionage-attempt<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-agency-brings-three-feto-members-from-gabon-to-turkey-130050<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/turkey\/turkish-intelligence-agency-rescues-a-kidnapped-italian-citizen-in-kenya-36192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20190807-libyan-national-army-turkish-intelligence-is-operating-in-tripoli\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/11\/27\/senior-feto-figure-captured-by-turkish-intelligence-in-sudan\/amp<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/07\/turkish-diplomats-have-extensively-spied-on-critics-in-the-united-states\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/1101683.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intel-returns-wanted-feto-from-azerbaijan-140108<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/06\/turkish-diplomats-spy-on-erdogan-critics-in-georgia-secret-document-reveals\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[52]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/cellmate-teacher-abducted-by-turkeys-mit-from-malaysia-subjected-to-torture-in-ankara\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligences-captures-feto-suspect-in-malaysia-146188<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-mongolia-kidnapping-turkey-idUSKBN1KI03N<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[55]<\/a> https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turkish_involvement_in_the_Syrian_civil_war<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[58]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reporter-ohne-grenzen.de\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[63]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 6-7, page 12<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[66]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/finfisher-malicious-spyware-disguised-mozilla-firefox-discovered-36-countries-1233177<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[67]<\/a> https:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/home\/security-news\/finfisher-command-and-control-hubs-turn-up-in-11-new-countries\/<\/a> ; 2013.04.01 SC Magazine on FinFisher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[68]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/german-prosecutors-investigate-spyware-maker-finfisher\/a-50293812<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[69]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/2020\/unsere-strafanzeige-razzia-bei-staatstrojaner-firma-finfisher-in-muenchen\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[70]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/intelligence_privacy\/avira-lantivirus-comprato-dai-servizi-segreti-del-golfo-persico\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/blogs.mediapart.fr\/paolo-fusi\/blog\/260920\/le-hacker-militaire-qui-achete-avira<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[71]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/research\/2020\/09\/german-made-finspy-spyware-found-in-egypt-and-mac-and-linux-versions-revealed\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[76]<\/a> https:\/\/citizenlab.ca\/2015\/10\/mapping-finfishers-continuing-proliferation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[77]<\/a> https:\/\/bigbrotherawards.de\/en\/2012\/technology-gamma-international<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[78]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/pdf\/gammagrouploutheannelsonwapenhandelaarspursang.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/slideum.com\/doc\/9973831\/gehele-observant-%2369--januari-2017-politie-mercenaries<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[79]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[81]<\/a> U.S. Department of Commerce, Industry and Trade Administration, \u201cCommercial News USA<\/em>\u201d, U.S. Foreign Commercial Service, Washington DC, 1979, page 38<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[82]<\/a> https:\/\/www.referenceforbusiness.com\/history2\/1\/CompuDyne-Corporation.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[84]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/hk\/0475615<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[85]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/02088610<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[86]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[92]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nti.org\/gsn\/article\/danish-man-charged-with-wmd-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[94]<\/a> Elaman AG Malans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkey-launches-project-to-train-1-million-software-developers-154081<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> 2017.04.13 T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mill%C3%AE_%C4%B0stihbarat_Te%C5%9Fkil%C3%A2t%C4%B1#Leitung<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> Hakan Fidan on Nexis, pages 57-60<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/t24.com.tr\/haber\/adanada-3-tir-durduruldu-arama-yapiliyor,248707<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> 1000 colpi di mortaio, 1000 colpi di artiglieria, 50\u2019000 fucili d'assalto e 30\u2019000 munizioni per mitragliatrice \u2013 see in https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529223636\/http:\/\/www.aktifhaber.com\/devlet-sirri-denilen-mit-tirlari-ile-ilgili-tapeler-1053377h.htm#<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.haber7.com\/guncel\/haber\/1121773-mit-tirlari-neden-durduruldu<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com.tr\/haber\/mit-tirlari-boyle-durduruldu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/bianet.org\/bianet\/insan-haklari\/155519-tir-lari-durdurmakla-suclanan-13-askere-muebbet-istendi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.milliyet.com.tr\/gundem\/mit-tirlari-olayinda-yeni-gelisme-5-savci-gorevden-uzaklastirildi-1999064<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/erdogandan-canli-yayinda-can-dundara-tehdit-288885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/www.faz.net\/aktuell\/politik\/ausland\/europa\/tuerkei\/tuerkei-kampf-gegen-die-soldaten-des-lichts-12715816.html?printPagedArticle=true#pageIndex_3<\/a> ; https:\/\/taz.de\/Wie-Guelen-zum-Staatsfeind-Nr-1-wurde\/!5323191\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.sabah.com.tr\/gundem\/2021\/02\/03\/son-dakika-istihbarattaki-fetocu-generalden-bomba-itiraflar-tegmen-rutbemi-fetullah-gulen-takti<\/a> ; https:\/\/tr.sputniknews.com\/turkiye\/202001211041211454-sozcu-ilker-basbugu-cezaevine-attiran-feto-mektubunu-acikliyoruz\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.genios.de\/presse-archiv\/artikel\/FAZ\/20171111\/jagd-auf-die-guelenisten\/FR1201711115279571.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nadir.org\/nadir\/initiativ\/isku\/hintergrund\/geheimdienste\/geheim994.htm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/tuerkischer-geheimdienst-liess-erdogan-gegner-in-deutschland-ausspionieren\/12027820.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article157778863\/Erdogans-Agenten-bedrohen-Tuerken-in-Deutschland.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.derstandard.at\/story\/1397522175727\/geheimdienst-staat-tuerkei<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2020\/09\/turkey-austria-spy-nehammer-kurdish-clashes-protests-vienna.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/austria-turkey-espionage-int-idUSKBN25S4R5<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/10\/13\/world\/europe\/turkey-austria-erdogan-assassin.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/global-europe\/news\/flemish-minister-turkish-sponosred-mosque-is-nest-of-spies\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/07\/06\/influenced-by-gulenists-belgium-targets-turkish-mosques-fighting-extremism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/erdogan-critics-listed-by-turkish-embassy-in-prague-were-included-in-bogus-terrorism-probe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turk-greek-ties-strained-by-arson-row-10324<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-greece-germany-spying\/greek-police-arrest-german-on-suspicion-of-spying-idUSBRE97208820130803<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kathimerini.gr\/society\/896001\/istories-me-kataskopoys-sto-aigaio\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.larissanet.gr\/2019\/06\/21\/dikazetai-sti-rodo-kataskopos-tis-tourkias\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/ahvalnews.com\/mit\/turkish-intelligence-recruits-eu-retirees-spy-greece<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/04\/turkish-intelligence-operations-targeting-critics-in-greece-exposed-in-secret-documents\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/intelnews.org\/2016\/12\/09\/01-2023\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/more-secret-documents-confirming-vast-turkish-espionage-activities-in-greece-uncovered\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.skai.gr\/news\/greece\/dyo-syllipseis-ellinon-gia-kataskopeia-sti-rodo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-kosovo-security-turkey-idUSKBN1H70CC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/opinion\/murat-yetkin\/turkish-intelligence-unveils-secret-codes-used-before-coup-attempt-103843<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2018\/09\/turkish-teachers-detained-moldova-gulen.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/balkaninsight.com\/2018\/09\/06\/six-turkish-professors-detained-by-moldovan-secret-services-09-06-2018\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/turkeypurge.com\/turkey-spying-imams-active-also-in-norway<\/a> ; https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/turkeys-autocratic-president-erdogans-spying-profiling-expands-in-norway\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/kafila.org\/www-matthewaid-com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/report-sweden-launches-espionage-probe-into-turkish-govt-representatives\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/politics\/undiplomatic_swiss-eye-alleged-turkish-kidnapping-attempt\/43973170<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/swiss-foreign-minister-warns-turkey-against-illegal-spying-111199<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/eu-affairs\/2017\/05\/01\/as-anti-turkish-politics-grip-europe-turkish-swiss-policeman-arrested<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-brings-key-feto-suspect-from-ukraine-to-turkey-134608<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.meforum.org\/60976\/turkish-spy-agency-mit-intelligence-gathering-australia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-egypt-court\/egypt-detains-29-people-on-suspicion-of-espionage-for-turkey-idUSKBN1DM1AN<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.egypttoday.com\/Article\/1\/33764\/In-Pictures-Egypt-foils-Turkish-espionage-attempt<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-agency-brings-three-feto-members-from-gabon-to-turkey-130050<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/turkey\/turkish-intelligence-agency-rescues-a-kidnapped-italian-citizen-in-kenya-36192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20190807-libyan-national-army-turkish-intelligence-is-operating-in-tripoli\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/11\/27\/senior-feto-figure-captured-by-turkish-intelligence-in-sudan\/amp<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/07\/turkish-diplomats-have-extensively-spied-on-critics-in-the-united-states\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/1101683.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intel-returns-wanted-feto-from-azerbaijan-140108<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/06\/turkish-diplomats-spy-on-erdogan-critics-in-georgia-secret-document-reveals\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2019\/04\/22\/4-pkk-terrorists-brought-to-turkey-from-iraq-in-operation-by-turkish-intelligence<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/news\/pkk-confirms-capture-two-turkish-spies-iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.presstv.com\/Detail\/2017\/08\/29\/533306\/PKK-Turkish-officers-spying-Iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.sabah.com.tr\/gundem\/2019\/07\/07\/son-dakika-teror-orgutu-pkkkcknin-sozde-baskanlik-konseyi-uyesi-diyar-garip-muhammed-etkisiz-hale-getirildi<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thedefensepost.com\/2018\/08\/15\/turkey-airstrike-pkk-sinjar-iraq\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/menafn.com\/1098975780\/Turkish-warplanes-neutralize-4-PKK-terrorists-In-Iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2019\/09\/16\/3-pkk-terrorists-neutralized-by-turkish-jets-in-northern-iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkey-neutralizes-senior-female-ypg-pkk-terrorist-150730<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/cellmate-teacher-abducted-by-turkeys-mit-from-malaysia-subjected-to-torture-in-ankara\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligences-captures-feto-suspect-in-malaysia-146188<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-mongolia-kidnapping-turkey-idUSKBN1KI03N<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/pakistan\/pakistan-admits-they-secretly-deported-turkish-family-wanted-by-erdogan-govt-4895423\/lite\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turkish_involvement_in_the_Syrian_civil_war<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/securityaffairs.co\/wordpress\/41169\/breaking-news\/finfisher-spyware-new-customers.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.business-humanrights.org\/en\/latest-news\/german-prosecutor-to-investigate-finfisher-for-allegedly-selling-spyware-used-against-journalists-and-activists-in-turkey-without-license\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.ecchr.eu\/en\/press-release\/german-prosecutor-opens-criminal-investiation-into-finfisher-for-selling-spyware-to-turkey-without-license\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reporter-ohne-grenzen.de\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/freiheitsrechte.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[60]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[61]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecchr.eu\/en\/about-us\/?L=2<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[62]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 4-5<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[63]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 6-7, page 12<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[64]<\/a> https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847361\/UK-NCP-initial-complaint-privacy-international-and-others-against-gamma-international-uk-ltd.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847362\/UK-NCP-Final-statement-complaint-Privacy-International-Gamma-International-UK-Ltd.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847364\/uk-ncp-follow-up-statement-privacy-international-gamma-international.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[65]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/privacy-international-complaint-to-uk-ncp-about-gamma-international-uk-ltd<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[66]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/finfisher-malicious-spyware-disguised-mozilla-firefox-discovered-36-countries-1233177<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[67]<\/a> https:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/home\/security-news\/finfisher-command-and-control-hubs-turn-up-in-11-new-countries\/<\/a> ; 2013.04.01 SC Magazine on FinFisher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[68]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/german-prosecutors-investigate-spyware-maker-finfisher\/a-50293812<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[69]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/2020\/unsere-strafanzeige-razzia-bei-staatstrojaner-firma-finfisher-in-muenchen\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[70]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/intelligence_privacy\/avira-lantivirus-comprato-dai-servizi-segreti-del-golfo-persico\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/blogs.mediapart.fr\/paolo-fusi\/blog\/260920\/le-hacker-militaire-qui-achete-avira<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[71]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/research\/2020\/09\/german-made-finspy-spyware-found-in-egypt-and-mac-and-linux-versions-revealed\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[72]<\/a> https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/BL-DGB-23568<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/technology\/apple\/8912714\/Apple-iTunes-flaw-allowed-government-spying-for-3-years.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/krebsonsecurity.com\/2011\/11\/apple-took-3-years-to-fix-finfisher-trojan-hole\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2012-07-25\/cyber-attacks-on-activists-traced-to-finfisher-spyware-of-gamma<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[75]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/tecnologia\/2015\/07\/12\/news\/segreti-concorrenza-e-fobie-tutti-i-punti-deboli-di-hacking-team-1.35241096<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[76]<\/a> https:\/\/citizenlab.ca\/2015\/10\/mapping-finfishers-continuing-proliferation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[77]<\/a> https:\/\/bigbrotherawards.de\/en\/2012\/technology-gamma-international<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[78]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/pdf\/gammagrouploutheannelsonwapenhandelaarspursang.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/slideum.com\/doc\/9973831\/gehele-observant-%2369--januari-2017-politie-mercenaries<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[82]<\/a> https:\/\/www.referenceforbusiness.com\/history2\/1\/CompuDyne-Corporation.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[83]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[85]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/02088610<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[86]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[91]<\/a> https:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/200809010266.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[92]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nti.org\/gsn\/article\/danish-man-charged-with-wmd-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[93]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[94]<\/a> Elaman AG Malans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[95]<\/a> Holger G\u00fcnther Rumscheidt Kirchberg in Tirol<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[96]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[98]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[99]<\/a> James Bamford, \u201cBody of secrets: Anatomy of the ultra-secret NSA<\/em>\u201d, Anchor Books, New York, 2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[100]<\/a> https:\/\/www.europarl.europa.eu\/sides\/getDoc.do?pubRef=-\/\/EP\/\/TEXT+REPORT+A5-2001-0264+0+DOC+XML+V0\/\/EN<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[101]<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"From sci-fi to nightmare: how spyware are used to track down opponents","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"from-sci-fi-to-nightmare-how-spyware-are-used-to-track-down-opponents","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3973","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":3939,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-06 00:02:15","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-06 00:02:15","post_content":"\n

\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[9]<\/a> Intelligence Online, \u201cHakan Fidan close to ministerial promotion<\/em>\u201d, see in 2020.11.18 Hakan Fidan Minister<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkey-launches-project-to-train-1-million-software-developers-154081<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> 2017.04.13 T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mill%C3%AE_%C4%B0stihbarat_Te%C5%9Fkil%C3%A2t%C4%B1#Leitung<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> Hakan Fidan on Nexis, pages 57-60<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/t24.com.tr\/haber\/adanada-3-tir-durduruldu-arama-yapiliyor,248707<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> 1000 colpi di mortaio, 1000 colpi di artiglieria, 50\u2019000 fucili d'assalto e 30\u2019000 munizioni per mitragliatrice \u2013 see in https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529223636\/http:\/\/www.aktifhaber.com\/devlet-sirri-denilen-mit-tirlari-ile-ilgili-tapeler-1053377h.htm#<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.haber7.com\/guncel\/haber\/1121773-mit-tirlari-neden-durduruldu<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com.tr\/haber\/mit-tirlari-boyle-durduruldu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/bianet.org\/bianet\/insan-haklari\/155519-tir-lari-durdurmakla-suclanan-13-askere-muebbet-istendi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.milliyet.com.tr\/gundem\/mit-tirlari-olayinda-yeni-gelisme-5-savci-gorevden-uzaklastirildi-1999064<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/erdogandan-canli-yayinda-can-dundara-tehdit-288885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/www.faz.net\/aktuell\/politik\/ausland\/europa\/tuerkei\/tuerkei-kampf-gegen-die-soldaten-des-lichts-12715816.html?printPagedArticle=true#pageIndex_3<\/a> ; https:\/\/taz.de\/Wie-Guelen-zum-Staatsfeind-Nr-1-wurde\/!5323191\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.sabah.com.tr\/gundem\/2021\/02\/03\/son-dakika-istihbarattaki-fetocu-generalden-bomba-itiraflar-tegmen-rutbemi-fetullah-gulen-takti<\/a> ; https:\/\/tr.sputniknews.com\/turkiye\/202001211041211454-sozcu-ilker-basbugu-cezaevine-attiran-feto-mektubunu-acikliyoruz\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.genios.de\/presse-archiv\/artikel\/FAZ\/20171111\/jagd-auf-die-guelenisten\/FR1201711115279571.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nadir.org\/nadir\/initiativ\/isku\/hintergrund\/geheimdienste\/geheim994.htm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/tuerkischer-geheimdienst-liess-erdogan-gegner-in-deutschland-ausspionieren\/12027820.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article157778863\/Erdogans-Agenten-bedrohen-Tuerken-in-Deutschland.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.derstandard.at\/story\/1397522175727\/geheimdienst-staat-tuerkei<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2020\/09\/turkey-austria-spy-nehammer-kurdish-clashes-protests-vienna.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/austria-turkey-espionage-int-idUSKBN25S4R5<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/10\/13\/world\/europe\/turkey-austria-erdogan-assassin.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/global-europe\/news\/flemish-minister-turkish-sponosred-mosque-is-nest-of-spies\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/07\/06\/influenced-by-gulenists-belgium-targets-turkish-mosques-fighting-extremism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/erdogan-critics-listed-by-turkish-embassy-in-prague-were-included-in-bogus-terrorism-probe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turk-greek-ties-strained-by-arson-row-10324<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-greece-germany-spying\/greek-police-arrest-german-on-suspicion-of-spying-idUSBRE97208820130803<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kathimerini.gr\/society\/896001\/istories-me-kataskopoys-sto-aigaio\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.larissanet.gr\/2019\/06\/21\/dikazetai-sti-rodo-kataskopos-tis-tourkias\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/ahvalnews.com\/mit\/turkish-intelligence-recruits-eu-retirees-spy-greece<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/04\/turkish-intelligence-operations-targeting-critics-in-greece-exposed-in-secret-documents\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/intelnews.org\/2016\/12\/09\/01-2023\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/more-secret-documents-confirming-vast-turkish-espionage-activities-in-greece-uncovered\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.skai.gr\/news\/greece\/dyo-syllipseis-ellinon-gia-kataskopeia-sti-rodo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-kosovo-security-turkey-idUSKBN1H70CC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/opinion\/murat-yetkin\/turkish-intelligence-unveils-secret-codes-used-before-coup-attempt-103843<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2018\/09\/turkish-teachers-detained-moldova-gulen.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/balkaninsight.com\/2018\/09\/06\/six-turkish-professors-detained-by-moldovan-secret-services-09-06-2018\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/turkeypurge.com\/turkey-spying-imams-active-also-in-norway<\/a> ; https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/turkeys-autocratic-president-erdogans-spying-profiling-expands-in-norway\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/kafila.org\/www-matthewaid-com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/report-sweden-launches-espionage-probe-into-turkish-govt-representatives\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/politics\/undiplomatic_swiss-eye-alleged-turkish-kidnapping-attempt\/43973170<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/swiss-foreign-minister-warns-turkey-against-illegal-spying-111199<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/eu-affairs\/2017\/05\/01\/as-anti-turkish-politics-grip-europe-turkish-swiss-policeman-arrested<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-brings-key-feto-suspect-from-ukraine-to-turkey-134608<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.meforum.org\/60976\/turkish-spy-agency-mit-intelligence-gathering-australia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-egypt-court\/egypt-detains-29-people-on-suspicion-of-espionage-for-turkey-idUSKBN1DM1AN<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.egypttoday.com\/Article\/1\/33764\/In-Pictures-Egypt-foils-Turkish-espionage-attempt<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-agency-brings-three-feto-members-from-gabon-to-turkey-130050<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/turkey\/turkish-intelligence-agency-rescues-a-kidnapped-italian-citizen-in-kenya-36192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20190807-libyan-national-army-turkish-intelligence-is-operating-in-tripoli\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/11\/27\/senior-feto-figure-captured-by-turkish-intelligence-in-sudan\/amp<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/07\/turkish-diplomats-have-extensively-spied-on-critics-in-the-united-states\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/1101683.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intel-returns-wanted-feto-from-azerbaijan-140108<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/06\/turkish-diplomats-spy-on-erdogan-critics-in-georgia-secret-document-reveals\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2019\/04\/22\/4-pkk-terrorists-brought-to-turkey-from-iraq-in-operation-by-turkish-intelligence<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/news\/pkk-confirms-capture-two-turkish-spies-iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.presstv.com\/Detail\/2017\/08\/29\/533306\/PKK-Turkish-officers-spying-Iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.sabah.com.tr\/gundem\/2019\/07\/07\/son-dakika-teror-orgutu-pkkkcknin-sozde-baskanlik-konseyi-uyesi-diyar-garip-muhammed-etkisiz-hale-getirildi<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thedefensepost.com\/2018\/08\/15\/turkey-airstrike-pkk-sinjar-iraq\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/menafn.com\/1098975780\/Turkish-warplanes-neutralize-4-PKK-terrorists-In-Iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2019\/09\/16\/3-pkk-terrorists-neutralized-by-turkish-jets-in-northern-iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkey-neutralizes-senior-female-ypg-pkk-terrorist-150730<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/cellmate-teacher-abducted-by-turkeys-mit-from-malaysia-subjected-to-torture-in-ankara\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligences-captures-feto-suspect-in-malaysia-146188<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-mongolia-kidnapping-turkey-idUSKBN1KI03N<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/pakistan\/pakistan-admits-they-secretly-deported-turkish-family-wanted-by-erdogan-govt-4895423\/lite\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turkish_involvement_in_the_Syrian_civil_war<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/securityaffairs.co\/wordpress\/41169\/breaking-news\/finfisher-spyware-new-customers.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.business-humanrights.org\/en\/latest-news\/german-prosecutor-to-investigate-finfisher-for-allegedly-selling-spyware-used-against-journalists-and-activists-in-turkey-without-license\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.ecchr.eu\/en\/press-release\/german-prosecutor-opens-criminal-investiation-into-finfisher-for-selling-spyware-to-turkey-without-license\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reporter-ohne-grenzen.de\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/freiheitsrechte.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[60]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[61]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecchr.eu\/en\/about-us\/?L=2<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[62]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 4-5<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[63]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 6-7, page 12<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[64]<\/a> https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847361\/UK-NCP-initial-complaint-privacy-international-and-others-against-gamma-international-uk-ltd.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847362\/UK-NCP-Final-statement-complaint-Privacy-International-Gamma-International-UK-Ltd.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847364\/uk-ncp-follow-up-statement-privacy-international-gamma-international.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[65]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/privacy-international-complaint-to-uk-ncp-about-gamma-international-uk-ltd<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[66]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/finfisher-malicious-spyware-disguised-mozilla-firefox-discovered-36-countries-1233177<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[67]<\/a> https:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/home\/security-news\/finfisher-command-and-control-hubs-turn-up-in-11-new-countries\/<\/a> ; 2013.04.01 SC Magazine on FinFisher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[68]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/german-prosecutors-investigate-spyware-maker-finfisher\/a-50293812<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[69]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/2020\/unsere-strafanzeige-razzia-bei-staatstrojaner-firma-finfisher-in-muenchen\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[70]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/intelligence_privacy\/avira-lantivirus-comprato-dai-servizi-segreti-del-golfo-persico\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/blogs.mediapart.fr\/paolo-fusi\/blog\/260920\/le-hacker-militaire-qui-achete-avira<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[71]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/research\/2020\/09\/german-made-finspy-spyware-found-in-egypt-and-mac-and-linux-versions-revealed\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[72]<\/a> https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/BL-DGB-23568<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/technology\/apple\/8912714\/Apple-iTunes-flaw-allowed-government-spying-for-3-years.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/krebsonsecurity.com\/2011\/11\/apple-took-3-years-to-fix-finfisher-trojan-hole\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2012-07-25\/cyber-attacks-on-activists-traced-to-finfisher-spyware-of-gamma<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[75]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/tecnologia\/2015\/07\/12\/news\/segreti-concorrenza-e-fobie-tutti-i-punti-deboli-di-hacking-team-1.35241096<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[76]<\/a> https:\/\/citizenlab.ca\/2015\/10\/mapping-finfishers-continuing-proliferation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[77]<\/a> https:\/\/bigbrotherawards.de\/en\/2012\/technology-gamma-international<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[78]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/pdf\/gammagrouploutheannelsonwapenhandelaarspursang.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/slideum.com\/doc\/9973831\/gehele-observant-%2369--januari-2017-politie-mercenaries<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[79]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[81]<\/a> U.S. Department of Commerce, Industry and Trade Administration, \u201cCommercial News USA<\/em>\u201d, U.S. Foreign Commercial Service, Washington DC, 1979, page 38<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[82]<\/a> https:\/\/www.referenceforbusiness.com\/history2\/1\/CompuDyne-Corporation.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[84]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/hk\/0475615<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[85]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/02088610<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[86]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[87]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/01958854<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[88]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/05318642<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[89]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/06591222<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[92]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nti.org\/gsn\/article\/danish-man-charged-with-wmd-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[94]<\/a> Elaman AG Malans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[95]<\/a> Holger G\u00fcnther Rumscheidt Kirchberg in Tirol<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[98]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[99]<\/a> James Bamford, \u201cBody of secrets: Anatomy of the ultra-secret NSA<\/em>\u201d, Anchor Books, New York, 2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.duvarenglish.com\/sport\/2020\/02\/10\/politics-in-stadiums-fenerbahce-fans-urge-minister-albayrak-to-keep-hands-off-football<\/a> ; https:\/\/odatv4.com\/fenerbahceliler-damata-karsi-ayaga-kalkti-02022031.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> Intelligence Online, \u201cHakan Fidan close to ministerial promotion<\/em>\u201d, see in 2020.11.18 Hakan Fidan Minister<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkey-launches-project-to-train-1-million-software-developers-154081<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> 2017.04.13 T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mill%C3%AE_%C4%B0stihbarat_Te%C5%9Fkil%C3%A2t%C4%B1#Leitung<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> Hakan Fidan on Nexis, pages 57-60<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/t24.com.tr\/haber\/adanada-3-tir-durduruldu-arama-yapiliyor,248707<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> 1000 colpi di mortaio, 1000 colpi di artiglieria, 50\u2019000 fucili d'assalto e 30\u2019000 munizioni per mitragliatrice \u2013 see in https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529223636\/http:\/\/www.aktifhaber.com\/devlet-sirri-denilen-mit-tirlari-ile-ilgili-tapeler-1053377h.htm#<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.haber7.com\/guncel\/haber\/1121773-mit-tirlari-neden-durduruldu<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com.tr\/haber\/mit-tirlari-boyle-durduruldu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/bianet.org\/bianet\/insan-haklari\/155519-tir-lari-durdurmakla-suclanan-13-askere-muebbet-istendi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.milliyet.com.tr\/gundem\/mit-tirlari-olayinda-yeni-gelisme-5-savci-gorevden-uzaklastirildi-1999064<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/erdogandan-canli-yayinda-can-dundara-tehdit-288885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/www.faz.net\/aktuell\/politik\/ausland\/europa\/tuerkei\/tuerkei-kampf-gegen-die-soldaten-des-lichts-12715816.html?printPagedArticle=true#pageIndex_3<\/a> ; https:\/\/taz.de\/Wie-Guelen-zum-Staatsfeind-Nr-1-wurde\/!5323191\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.sabah.com.tr\/gundem\/2021\/02\/03\/son-dakika-istihbarattaki-fetocu-generalden-bomba-itiraflar-tegmen-rutbemi-fetullah-gulen-takti<\/a> ; https:\/\/tr.sputniknews.com\/turkiye\/202001211041211454-sozcu-ilker-basbugu-cezaevine-attiran-feto-mektubunu-acikliyoruz\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.genios.de\/presse-archiv\/artikel\/FAZ\/20171111\/jagd-auf-die-guelenisten\/FR1201711115279571.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nadir.org\/nadir\/initiativ\/isku\/hintergrund\/geheimdienste\/geheim994.htm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/tuerkischer-geheimdienst-liess-erdogan-gegner-in-deutschland-ausspionieren\/12027820.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article157778863\/Erdogans-Agenten-bedrohen-Tuerken-in-Deutschland.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.derstandard.at\/story\/1397522175727\/geheimdienst-staat-tuerkei<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2020\/09\/turkey-austria-spy-nehammer-kurdish-clashes-protests-vienna.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/austria-turkey-espionage-int-idUSKBN25S4R5<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/10\/13\/world\/europe\/turkey-austria-erdogan-assassin.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/global-europe\/news\/flemish-minister-turkish-sponosred-mosque-is-nest-of-spies\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/07\/06\/influenced-by-gulenists-belgium-targets-turkish-mosques-fighting-extremism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/erdogan-critics-listed-by-turkish-embassy-in-prague-were-included-in-bogus-terrorism-probe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turk-greek-ties-strained-by-arson-row-10324<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-greece-germany-spying\/greek-police-arrest-german-on-suspicion-of-spying-idUSBRE97208820130803<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kathimerini.gr\/society\/896001\/istories-me-kataskopoys-sto-aigaio\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.larissanet.gr\/2019\/06\/21\/dikazetai-sti-rodo-kataskopos-tis-tourkias\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/ahvalnews.com\/mit\/turkish-intelligence-recruits-eu-retirees-spy-greece<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/04\/turkish-intelligence-operations-targeting-critics-in-greece-exposed-in-secret-documents\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/intelnews.org\/2016\/12\/09\/01-2023\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/more-secret-documents-confirming-vast-turkish-espionage-activities-in-greece-uncovered\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.skai.gr\/news\/greece\/dyo-syllipseis-ellinon-gia-kataskopeia-sti-rodo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-kosovo-security-turkey-idUSKBN1H70CC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/opinion\/murat-yetkin\/turkish-intelligence-unveils-secret-codes-used-before-coup-attempt-103843<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2018\/09\/turkish-teachers-detained-moldova-gulen.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/balkaninsight.com\/2018\/09\/06\/six-turkish-professors-detained-by-moldovan-secret-services-09-06-2018\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/turkeypurge.com\/turkey-spying-imams-active-also-in-norway<\/a> ; https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/turkeys-autocratic-president-erdogans-spying-profiling-expands-in-norway\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/kafila.org\/www-matthewaid-com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/report-sweden-launches-espionage-probe-into-turkish-govt-representatives\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/politics\/undiplomatic_swiss-eye-alleged-turkish-kidnapping-attempt\/43973170<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/swiss-foreign-minister-warns-turkey-against-illegal-spying-111199<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/eu-affairs\/2017\/05\/01\/as-anti-turkish-politics-grip-europe-turkish-swiss-policeman-arrested<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-brings-key-feto-suspect-from-ukraine-to-turkey-134608<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.meforum.org\/60976\/turkish-spy-agency-mit-intelligence-gathering-australia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-agency-brings-three-feto-members-from-gabon-to-turkey-130050<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/turkey\/turkish-intelligence-agency-rescues-a-kidnapped-italian-citizen-in-kenya-36192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20190807-libyan-national-army-turkish-intelligence-is-operating-in-tripoli\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[47]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/07\/turkish-diplomats-have-extensively-spied-on-critics-in-the-united-states\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[66]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/finfisher-malicious-spyware-disguised-mozilla-firefox-discovered-36-countries-1233177<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[67]<\/a> https:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/home\/security-news\/finfisher-command-and-control-hubs-turn-up-in-11-new-countries\/<\/a> ; 2013.04.01 SC Magazine on FinFisher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[68]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/german-prosecutors-investigate-spyware-maker-finfisher\/a-50293812<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[69]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/2020\/unsere-strafanzeige-razzia-bei-staatstrojaner-firma-finfisher-in-muenchen\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[70]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/intelligence_privacy\/avira-lantivirus-comprato-dai-servizi-segreti-del-golfo-persico\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/blogs.mediapart.fr\/paolo-fusi\/blog\/260920\/le-hacker-militaire-qui-achete-avira<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[71]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/research\/2020\/09\/german-made-finspy-spyware-found-in-egypt-and-mac-and-linux-versions-revealed\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[77]<\/a> https:\/\/bigbrotherawards.de\/en\/2012\/technology-gamma-international<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[7]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/europe\/russia-accuses-president-erdogan-s-son-law-being-linked-isis-oil-trade-a6761436.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2016\/09\/turkey-redhackers-daunt-the-erdogan-family.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/thepressproject.gr\/exclusive-wikileaks-documents-relations-erdogan-isis-oil-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.duvarenglish.com\/sport\/2020\/02\/10\/politics-in-stadiums-fenerbahce-fans-urge-minister-albayrak-to-keep-hands-off-football<\/a> ; https:\/\/odatv4.com\/fenerbahceliler-damata-karsi-ayaga-kalkti-02022031.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> Intelligence Online, \u201cHakan Fidan close to ministerial promotion<\/em>\u201d, see in 2020.11.18 Hakan Fidan Minister<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkey-launches-project-to-train-1-million-software-developers-154081<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> 2017.04.13 T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mill%C3%AE_%C4%B0stihbarat_Te%C5%9Fkil%C3%A2t%C4%B1#Leitung<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> Hakan Fidan on Nexis, pages 57-60<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/t24.com.tr\/haber\/adanada-3-tir-durduruldu-arama-yapiliyor,248707<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> 1000 colpi di mortaio, 1000 colpi di artiglieria, 50\u2019000 fucili d'assalto e 30\u2019000 munizioni per mitragliatrice \u2013 see in https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529223636\/http:\/\/www.aktifhaber.com\/devlet-sirri-denilen-mit-tirlari-ile-ilgili-tapeler-1053377h.htm#<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.haber7.com\/guncel\/haber\/1121773-mit-tirlari-neden-durduruldu<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com.tr\/haber\/mit-tirlari-boyle-durduruldu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/bianet.org\/bianet\/insan-haklari\/155519-tir-lari-durdurmakla-suclanan-13-askere-muebbet-istendi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.milliyet.com.tr\/gundem\/mit-tirlari-olayinda-yeni-gelisme-5-savci-gorevden-uzaklastirildi-1999064<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/erdogandan-canli-yayinda-can-dundara-tehdit-288885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/www.faz.net\/aktuell\/politik\/ausland\/europa\/tuerkei\/tuerkei-kampf-gegen-die-soldaten-des-lichts-12715816.html?printPagedArticle=true#pageIndex_3<\/a> ; https:\/\/taz.de\/Wie-Guelen-zum-Staatsfeind-Nr-1-wurde\/!5323191\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.sabah.com.tr\/gundem\/2021\/02\/03\/son-dakika-istihbarattaki-fetocu-generalden-bomba-itiraflar-tegmen-rutbemi-fetullah-gulen-takti<\/a> ; https:\/\/tr.sputniknews.com\/turkiye\/202001211041211454-sozcu-ilker-basbugu-cezaevine-attiran-feto-mektubunu-acikliyoruz\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.genios.de\/presse-archiv\/artikel\/FAZ\/20171111\/jagd-auf-die-guelenisten\/FR1201711115279571.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nadir.org\/nadir\/initiativ\/isku\/hintergrund\/geheimdienste\/geheim994.htm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/tuerkischer-geheimdienst-liess-erdogan-gegner-in-deutschland-ausspionieren\/12027820.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article157778863\/Erdogans-Agenten-bedrohen-Tuerken-in-Deutschland.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.derstandard.at\/story\/1397522175727\/geheimdienst-staat-tuerkei<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2020\/09\/turkey-austria-spy-nehammer-kurdish-clashes-protests-vienna.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/austria-turkey-espionage-int-idUSKBN25S4R5<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/10\/13\/world\/europe\/turkey-austria-erdogan-assassin.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/global-europe\/news\/flemish-minister-turkish-sponosred-mosque-is-nest-of-spies\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/07\/06\/influenced-by-gulenists-belgium-targets-turkish-mosques-fighting-extremism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/erdogan-critics-listed-by-turkish-embassy-in-prague-were-included-in-bogus-terrorism-probe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turk-greek-ties-strained-by-arson-row-10324<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-greece-germany-spying\/greek-police-arrest-german-on-suspicion-of-spying-idUSBRE97208820130803<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kathimerini.gr\/society\/896001\/istories-me-kataskopoys-sto-aigaio\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.larissanet.gr\/2019\/06\/21\/dikazetai-sti-rodo-kataskopos-tis-tourkias\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/ahvalnews.com\/mit\/turkish-intelligence-recruits-eu-retirees-spy-greece<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/04\/turkish-intelligence-operations-targeting-critics-in-greece-exposed-in-secret-documents\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/intelnews.org\/2016\/12\/09\/01-2023\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/more-secret-documents-confirming-vast-turkish-espionage-activities-in-greece-uncovered\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.skai.gr\/news\/greece\/dyo-syllipseis-ellinon-gia-kataskopeia-sti-rodo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-kosovo-security-turkey-idUSKBN1H70CC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/opinion\/murat-yetkin\/turkish-intelligence-unveils-secret-codes-used-before-coup-attempt-103843<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2018\/09\/turkish-teachers-detained-moldova-gulen.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/balkaninsight.com\/2018\/09\/06\/six-turkish-professors-detained-by-moldovan-secret-services-09-06-2018\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/turkeypurge.com\/turkey-spying-imams-active-also-in-norway<\/a> ; https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/turkeys-autocratic-president-erdogans-spying-profiling-expands-in-norway\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/kafila.org\/www-matthewaid-com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/report-sweden-launches-espionage-probe-into-turkish-govt-representatives\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/politics\/undiplomatic_swiss-eye-alleged-turkish-kidnapping-attempt\/43973170<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/swiss-foreign-minister-warns-turkey-against-illegal-spying-111199<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/eu-affairs\/2017\/05\/01\/as-anti-turkish-politics-grip-europe-turkish-swiss-policeman-arrested<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-brings-key-feto-suspect-from-ukraine-to-turkey-134608<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.meforum.org\/60976\/turkish-spy-agency-mit-intelligence-gathering-australia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-egypt-court\/egypt-detains-29-people-on-suspicion-of-espionage-for-turkey-idUSKBN1DM1AN<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.egypttoday.com\/Article\/1\/33764\/In-Pictures-Egypt-foils-Turkish-espionage-attempt<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-agency-brings-three-feto-members-from-gabon-to-turkey-130050<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/turkey\/turkish-intelligence-agency-rescues-a-kidnapped-italian-citizen-in-kenya-36192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20190807-libyan-national-army-turkish-intelligence-is-operating-in-tripoli\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/11\/27\/senior-feto-figure-captured-by-turkish-intelligence-in-sudan\/amp<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/07\/turkish-diplomats-have-extensively-spied-on-critics-in-the-united-states\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/1101683.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intel-returns-wanted-feto-from-azerbaijan-140108<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/06\/turkish-diplomats-spy-on-erdogan-critics-in-georgia-secret-document-reveals\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2019\/04\/22\/4-pkk-terrorists-brought-to-turkey-from-iraq-in-operation-by-turkish-intelligence<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/news\/pkk-confirms-capture-two-turkish-spies-iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.presstv.com\/Detail\/2017\/08\/29\/533306\/PKK-Turkish-officers-spying-Iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.sabah.com.tr\/gundem\/2019\/07\/07\/son-dakika-teror-orgutu-pkkkcknin-sozde-baskanlik-konseyi-uyesi-diyar-garip-muhammed-etkisiz-hale-getirildi<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thedefensepost.com\/2018\/08\/15\/turkey-airstrike-pkk-sinjar-iraq\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/menafn.com\/1098975780\/Turkish-warplanes-neutralize-4-PKK-terrorists-In-Iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2019\/09\/16\/3-pkk-terrorists-neutralized-by-turkish-jets-in-northern-iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkey-neutralizes-senior-female-ypg-pkk-terrorist-150730<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/cellmate-teacher-abducted-by-turkeys-mit-from-malaysia-subjected-to-torture-in-ankara\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligences-captures-feto-suspect-in-malaysia-146188<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-mongolia-kidnapping-turkey-idUSKBN1KI03N<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/pakistan\/pakistan-admits-they-secretly-deported-turkish-family-wanted-by-erdogan-govt-4895423\/lite\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turkish_involvement_in_the_Syrian_civil_war<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/securityaffairs.co\/wordpress\/41169\/breaking-news\/finfisher-spyware-new-customers.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.business-humanrights.org\/en\/latest-news\/german-prosecutor-to-investigate-finfisher-for-allegedly-selling-spyware-used-against-journalists-and-activists-in-turkey-without-license\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.ecchr.eu\/en\/press-release\/german-prosecutor-opens-criminal-investiation-into-finfisher-for-selling-spyware-to-turkey-without-license\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reporter-ohne-grenzen.de\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/freiheitsrechte.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[60]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[61]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecchr.eu\/en\/about-us\/?L=2<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[62]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 4-5<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[63]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 6-7, page 12<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[64]<\/a> https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847361\/UK-NCP-initial-complaint-privacy-international-and-others-against-gamma-international-uk-ltd.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847362\/UK-NCP-Final-statement-complaint-Privacy-International-Gamma-International-UK-Ltd.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847364\/uk-ncp-follow-up-statement-privacy-international-gamma-international.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[65]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/privacy-international-complaint-to-uk-ncp-about-gamma-international-uk-ltd<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[66]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/finfisher-malicious-spyware-disguised-mozilla-firefox-discovered-36-countries-1233177<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[67]<\/a> https:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/home\/security-news\/finfisher-command-and-control-hubs-turn-up-in-11-new-countries\/<\/a> ; 2013.04.01 SC Magazine on FinFisher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[68]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/german-prosecutors-investigate-spyware-maker-finfisher\/a-50293812<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[69]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/2020\/unsere-strafanzeige-razzia-bei-staatstrojaner-firma-finfisher-in-muenchen\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[70]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/intelligence_privacy\/avira-lantivirus-comprato-dai-servizi-segreti-del-golfo-persico\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/blogs.mediapart.fr\/paolo-fusi\/blog\/260920\/le-hacker-militaire-qui-achete-avira<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[71]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/research\/2020\/09\/german-made-finspy-spyware-found-in-egypt-and-mac-and-linux-versions-revealed\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[72]<\/a> https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/BL-DGB-23568<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/technology\/apple\/8912714\/Apple-iTunes-flaw-allowed-government-spying-for-3-years.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/krebsonsecurity.com\/2011\/11\/apple-took-3-years-to-fix-finfisher-trojan-hole\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2012-07-25\/cyber-attacks-on-activists-traced-to-finfisher-spyware-of-gamma<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[75]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/tecnologia\/2015\/07\/12\/news\/segreti-concorrenza-e-fobie-tutti-i-punti-deboli-di-hacking-team-1.35241096<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[76]<\/a> https:\/\/citizenlab.ca\/2015\/10\/mapping-finfishers-continuing-proliferation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[77]<\/a> https:\/\/bigbrotherawards.de\/en\/2012\/technology-gamma-international<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[78]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/pdf\/gammagrouploutheannelsonwapenhandelaarspursang.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/slideum.com\/doc\/9973831\/gehele-observant-%2369--januari-2017-politie-mercenaries<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[79]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[81]<\/a> U.S. Department of Commerce, Industry and Trade Administration, \u201cCommercial News USA<\/em>\u201d, U.S. Foreign Commercial Service, Washington DC, 1979, page 38<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[82]<\/a> https:\/\/www.referenceforbusiness.com\/history2\/1\/CompuDyne-Corporation.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[83]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[84]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/hk\/0475615<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[85]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/02088610<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[86]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[87]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/01958854<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[88]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/05318642<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[89]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/06591222<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[90]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[91]<\/a> https:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/200809010266.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[92]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nti.org\/gsn\/article\/danish-man-charged-with-wmd-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[93]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[94]<\/a> Elaman AG Malans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[95]<\/a> Holger G\u00fcnther Rumscheidt Kirchberg in Tirol<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[96]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[97]<\/a> https:\/\/www.webcitation.org\/5k8f6XouC?url=http:\/\/www.zianet.com\/jpage\/Bad%20Aibling%20Station%20-%20A%20Legacy%20of%20Excellence.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/military.wikia.org\/wiki\/Bad_Aibling_Station<\/a> ; Gottfried Mayr, \u201cDas Kriegsgefangenenlager PWE No. 26: Bad Aibling 1945-1946 : Massenschicksal \u2013 Einzelschicksale\u201c, Bad Aibling: Hist. Verein Bad Aibling und Umgebung, Bald Aibling 2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[98]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[99]<\/a> James Bamford, \u201cBody of secrets: Anatomy of the ultra-secret NSA<\/em>\u201d, Anchor Books, New York, 2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trthaber.com\/haber\/gundem\/iletisim-baskanligi-berat-albayrakin-gorevden-af-talebi-kabul-edilmistir-529559.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/europe\/russia-accuses-president-erdogan-s-son-law-being-linked-isis-oil-trade-a6761436.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2016\/09\/turkey-redhackers-daunt-the-erdogan-family.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/thepressproject.gr\/exclusive-wikileaks-documents-relations-erdogan-isis-oil-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.duvarenglish.com\/sport\/2020\/02\/10\/politics-in-stadiums-fenerbahce-fans-urge-minister-albayrak-to-keep-hands-off-football<\/a> ; https:\/\/odatv4.com\/fenerbahceliler-damata-karsi-ayaga-kalkti-02022031.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> Intelligence Online, \u201cHakan Fidan close to ministerial promotion<\/em>\u201d, see in 2020.11.18 Hakan Fidan Minister<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkey-launches-project-to-train-1-million-software-developers-154081<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> 2017.04.13 T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mill%C3%AE_%C4%B0stihbarat_Te%C5%9Fkil%C3%A2t%C4%B1#Leitung<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> Hakan Fidan on Nexis, pages 57-60<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/t24.com.tr\/haber\/adanada-3-tir-durduruldu-arama-yapiliyor,248707<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> 1000 colpi di mortaio, 1000 colpi di artiglieria, 50\u2019000 fucili d'assalto e 30\u2019000 munizioni per mitragliatrice \u2013 see in https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529223636\/http:\/\/www.aktifhaber.com\/devlet-sirri-denilen-mit-tirlari-ile-ilgili-tapeler-1053377h.htm#<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.haber7.com\/guncel\/haber\/1121773-mit-tirlari-neden-durduruldu<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com.tr\/haber\/mit-tirlari-boyle-durduruldu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/bianet.org\/bianet\/insan-haklari\/155519-tir-lari-durdurmakla-suclanan-13-askere-muebbet-istendi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.milliyet.com.tr\/gundem\/mit-tirlari-olayinda-yeni-gelisme-5-savci-gorevden-uzaklastirildi-1999064<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/erdogandan-canli-yayinda-can-dundara-tehdit-288885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/www.faz.net\/aktuell\/politik\/ausland\/europa\/tuerkei\/tuerkei-kampf-gegen-die-soldaten-des-lichts-12715816.html?printPagedArticle=true#pageIndex_3<\/a> ; https:\/\/taz.de\/Wie-Guelen-zum-Staatsfeind-Nr-1-wurde\/!5323191\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.sabah.com.tr\/gundem\/2021\/02\/03\/son-dakika-istihbarattaki-fetocu-generalden-bomba-itiraflar-tegmen-rutbemi-fetullah-gulen-takti<\/a> ; https:\/\/tr.sputniknews.com\/turkiye\/202001211041211454-sozcu-ilker-basbugu-cezaevine-attiran-feto-mektubunu-acikliyoruz\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.genios.de\/presse-archiv\/artikel\/FAZ\/20171111\/jagd-auf-die-guelenisten\/FR1201711115279571.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nadir.org\/nadir\/initiativ\/isku\/hintergrund\/geheimdienste\/geheim994.htm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/tuerkischer-geheimdienst-liess-erdogan-gegner-in-deutschland-ausspionieren\/12027820.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article157778863\/Erdogans-Agenten-bedrohen-Tuerken-in-Deutschland.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.derstandard.at\/story\/1397522175727\/geheimdienst-staat-tuerkei<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2020\/09\/turkey-austria-spy-nehammer-kurdish-clashes-protests-vienna.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/austria-turkey-espionage-int-idUSKBN25S4R5<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/10\/13\/world\/europe\/turkey-austria-erdogan-assassin.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/global-europe\/news\/flemish-minister-turkish-sponosred-mosque-is-nest-of-spies\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/07\/06\/influenced-by-gulenists-belgium-targets-turkish-mosques-fighting-extremism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/erdogan-critics-listed-by-turkish-embassy-in-prague-were-included-in-bogus-terrorism-probe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turk-greek-ties-strained-by-arson-row-10324<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-greece-germany-spying\/greek-police-arrest-german-on-suspicion-of-spying-idUSBRE97208820130803<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kathimerini.gr\/society\/896001\/istories-me-kataskopoys-sto-aigaio\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.larissanet.gr\/2019\/06\/21\/dikazetai-sti-rodo-kataskopos-tis-tourkias\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/ahvalnews.com\/mit\/turkish-intelligence-recruits-eu-retirees-spy-greece<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/04\/turkish-intelligence-operations-targeting-critics-in-greece-exposed-in-secret-documents\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/intelnews.org\/2016\/12\/09\/01-2023\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/more-secret-documents-confirming-vast-turkish-espionage-activities-in-greece-uncovered\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.skai.gr\/news\/greece\/dyo-syllipseis-ellinon-gia-kataskopeia-sti-rodo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-kosovo-security-turkey-idUSKBN1H70CC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/opinion\/murat-yetkin\/turkish-intelligence-unveils-secret-codes-used-before-coup-attempt-103843<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2018\/09\/turkish-teachers-detained-moldova-gulen.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/balkaninsight.com\/2018\/09\/06\/six-turkish-professors-detained-by-moldovan-secret-services-09-06-2018\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/turkeypurge.com\/turkey-spying-imams-active-also-in-norway<\/a> ; https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/turkeys-autocratic-president-erdogans-spying-profiling-expands-in-norway\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/kafila.org\/www-matthewaid-com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/report-sweden-launches-espionage-probe-into-turkish-govt-representatives\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/politics\/undiplomatic_swiss-eye-alleged-turkish-kidnapping-attempt\/43973170<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/swiss-foreign-minister-warns-turkey-against-illegal-spying-111199<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/eu-affairs\/2017\/05\/01\/as-anti-turkish-politics-grip-europe-turkish-swiss-policeman-arrested<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-brings-key-feto-suspect-from-ukraine-to-turkey-134608<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.meforum.org\/60976\/turkish-spy-agency-mit-intelligence-gathering-australia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-egypt-court\/egypt-detains-29-people-on-suspicion-of-espionage-for-turkey-idUSKBN1DM1AN<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.egypttoday.com\/Article\/1\/33764\/In-Pictures-Egypt-foils-Turkish-espionage-attempt<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-agency-brings-three-feto-members-from-gabon-to-turkey-130050<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/turkey\/turkish-intelligence-agency-rescues-a-kidnapped-italian-citizen-in-kenya-36192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20190807-libyan-national-army-turkish-intelligence-is-operating-in-tripoli\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/11\/27\/senior-feto-figure-captured-by-turkish-intelligence-in-sudan\/amp<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/07\/turkish-diplomats-have-extensively-spied-on-critics-in-the-united-states\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/1101683.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intel-returns-wanted-feto-from-azerbaijan-140108<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/06\/turkish-diplomats-spy-on-erdogan-critics-in-georgia-secret-document-reveals\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[52]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/cellmate-teacher-abducted-by-turkeys-mit-from-malaysia-subjected-to-torture-in-ankara\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligences-captures-feto-suspect-in-malaysia-146188<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-mongolia-kidnapping-turkey-idUSKBN1KI03N<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/pakistan\/pakistan-admits-they-secretly-deported-turkish-family-wanted-by-erdogan-govt-4895423\/lite\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turkish_involvement_in_the_Syrian_civil_war<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[58]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reporter-ohne-grenzen.de\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/freiheitsrechte.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[60]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[62]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 4-5<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[63]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 6-7, page 12<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[65]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/privacy-international-complaint-to-uk-ncp-about-gamma-international-uk-ltd<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[66]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/finfisher-malicious-spyware-disguised-mozilla-firefox-discovered-36-countries-1233177<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[67]<\/a> https:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/home\/security-news\/finfisher-command-and-control-hubs-turn-up-in-11-new-countries\/<\/a> ; 2013.04.01 SC Magazine on FinFisher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[68]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/german-prosecutors-investigate-spyware-maker-finfisher\/a-50293812<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[69]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/2020\/unsere-strafanzeige-razzia-bei-staatstrojaner-firma-finfisher-in-muenchen\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[70]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/intelligence_privacy\/avira-lantivirus-comprato-dai-servizi-segreti-del-golfo-persico\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/blogs.mediapart.fr\/paolo-fusi\/blog\/260920\/le-hacker-militaire-qui-achete-avira<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[71]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/research\/2020\/09\/german-made-finspy-spyware-found-in-egypt-and-mac-and-linux-versions-revealed\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[72]<\/a> https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/BL-DGB-23568<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/technology\/apple\/8912714\/Apple-iTunes-flaw-allowed-government-spying-for-3-years.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/krebsonsecurity.com\/2011\/11\/apple-took-3-years-to-fix-finfisher-trojan-hole\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2012-07-25\/cyber-attacks-on-activists-traced-to-finfisher-spyware-of-gamma<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[75]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/tecnologia\/2015\/07\/12\/news\/segreti-concorrenza-e-fobie-tutti-i-punti-deboli-di-hacking-team-1.35241096<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[76]<\/a> https:\/\/citizenlab.ca\/2015\/10\/mapping-finfishers-continuing-proliferation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[77]<\/a> https:\/\/bigbrotherawards.de\/en\/2012\/technology-gamma-international<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[78]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/pdf\/gammagrouploutheannelsonwapenhandelaarspursang.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/slideum.com\/doc\/9973831\/gehele-observant-%2369--januari-2017-politie-mercenaries<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[79]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[81]<\/a> U.S. Department of Commerce, Industry and Trade Administration, \u201cCommercial News USA<\/em>\u201d, U.S. Foreign Commercial Service, Washington DC, 1979, page 38<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[82]<\/a> https:\/\/www.referenceforbusiness.com\/history2\/1\/CompuDyne-Corporation.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[84]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/hk\/0475615<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[85]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/02088610<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[92]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nti.org\/gsn\/article\/danish-man-charged-with-wmd-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.birgun.net\/haber\/iddia-pelikancilar-hakan-fidan-gitsin-diyor-283382<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trthaber.com\/haber\/gundem\/iletisim-baskanligi-berat-albayrakin-gorevden-af-talebi-kabul-edilmistir-529559.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/europe\/russia-accuses-president-erdogan-s-son-law-being-linked-isis-oil-trade-a6761436.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2016\/09\/turkey-redhackers-daunt-the-erdogan-family.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/thepressproject.gr\/exclusive-wikileaks-documents-relations-erdogan-isis-oil-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.duvarenglish.com\/sport\/2020\/02\/10\/politics-in-stadiums-fenerbahce-fans-urge-minister-albayrak-to-keep-hands-off-football<\/a> ; https:\/\/odatv4.com\/fenerbahceliler-damata-karsi-ayaga-kalkti-02022031.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> Intelligence Online, \u201cHakan Fidan close to ministerial promotion<\/em>\u201d, see in 2020.11.18 Hakan Fidan Minister<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkey-launches-project-to-train-1-million-software-developers-154081<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> 2017.04.13 T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mill%C3%AE_%C4%B0stihbarat_Te%C5%9Fkil%C3%A2t%C4%B1#Leitung<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> Hakan Fidan on Nexis, pages 57-60<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/t24.com.tr\/haber\/adanada-3-tir-durduruldu-arama-yapiliyor,248707<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> 1000 colpi di mortaio, 1000 colpi di artiglieria, 50\u2019000 fucili d'assalto e 30\u2019000 munizioni per mitragliatrice \u2013 see in https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529223636\/http:\/\/www.aktifhaber.com\/devlet-sirri-denilen-mit-tirlari-ile-ilgili-tapeler-1053377h.htm#<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.haber7.com\/guncel\/haber\/1121773-mit-tirlari-neden-durduruldu<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com.tr\/haber\/mit-tirlari-boyle-durduruldu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/bianet.org\/bianet\/insan-haklari\/155519-tir-lari-durdurmakla-suclanan-13-askere-muebbet-istendi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.milliyet.com.tr\/gundem\/mit-tirlari-olayinda-yeni-gelisme-5-savci-gorevden-uzaklastirildi-1999064<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/erdogandan-canli-yayinda-can-dundara-tehdit-288885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/www.faz.net\/aktuell\/politik\/ausland\/europa\/tuerkei\/tuerkei-kampf-gegen-die-soldaten-des-lichts-12715816.html?printPagedArticle=true#pageIndex_3<\/a> ; https:\/\/taz.de\/Wie-Guelen-zum-Staatsfeind-Nr-1-wurde\/!5323191\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.sabah.com.tr\/gundem\/2021\/02\/03\/son-dakika-istihbarattaki-fetocu-generalden-bomba-itiraflar-tegmen-rutbemi-fetullah-gulen-takti<\/a> ; https:\/\/tr.sputniknews.com\/turkiye\/202001211041211454-sozcu-ilker-basbugu-cezaevine-attiran-feto-mektubunu-acikliyoruz\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.genios.de\/presse-archiv\/artikel\/FAZ\/20171111\/jagd-auf-die-guelenisten\/FR1201711115279571.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nadir.org\/nadir\/initiativ\/isku\/hintergrund\/geheimdienste\/geheim994.htm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/tuerkischer-geheimdienst-liess-erdogan-gegner-in-deutschland-ausspionieren\/12027820.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article157778863\/Erdogans-Agenten-bedrohen-Tuerken-in-Deutschland.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.derstandard.at\/story\/1397522175727\/geheimdienst-staat-tuerkei<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2020\/09\/turkey-austria-spy-nehammer-kurdish-clashes-protests-vienna.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/austria-turkey-espionage-int-idUSKBN25S4R5<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/10\/13\/world\/europe\/turkey-austria-erdogan-assassin.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/global-europe\/news\/flemish-minister-turkish-sponosred-mosque-is-nest-of-spies\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/07\/06\/influenced-by-gulenists-belgium-targets-turkish-mosques-fighting-extremism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/erdogan-critics-listed-by-turkish-embassy-in-prague-were-included-in-bogus-terrorism-probe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turk-greek-ties-strained-by-arson-row-10324<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-greece-germany-spying\/greek-police-arrest-german-on-suspicion-of-spying-idUSBRE97208820130803<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kathimerini.gr\/society\/896001\/istories-me-kataskopoys-sto-aigaio\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.larissanet.gr\/2019\/06\/21\/dikazetai-sti-rodo-kataskopos-tis-tourkias\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/ahvalnews.com\/mit\/turkish-intelligence-recruits-eu-retirees-spy-greece<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/04\/turkish-intelligence-operations-targeting-critics-in-greece-exposed-in-secret-documents\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/intelnews.org\/2016\/12\/09\/01-2023\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/more-secret-documents-confirming-vast-turkish-espionage-activities-in-greece-uncovered\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.skai.gr\/news\/greece\/dyo-syllipseis-ellinon-gia-kataskopeia-sti-rodo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-kosovo-security-turkey-idUSKBN1H70CC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/opinion\/murat-yetkin\/turkish-intelligence-unveils-secret-codes-used-before-coup-attempt-103843<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2018\/09\/turkish-teachers-detained-moldova-gulen.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/balkaninsight.com\/2018\/09\/06\/six-turkish-professors-detained-by-moldovan-secret-services-09-06-2018\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/turkeypurge.com\/turkey-spying-imams-active-also-in-norway<\/a> ; https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/turkeys-autocratic-president-erdogans-spying-profiling-expands-in-norway\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/kafila.org\/www-matthewaid-com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[39]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-brings-key-feto-suspect-from-ukraine-to-turkey-134608<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[66]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/finfisher-malicious-spyware-disguised-mozilla-firefox-discovered-36-countries-1233177<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[67]<\/a> https:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/home\/security-news\/finfisher-command-and-control-hubs-turn-up-in-11-new-countries\/<\/a> ; 2013.04.01 SC Magazine on FinFisher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[69]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/2020\/unsere-strafanzeige-razzia-bei-staatstrojaner-firma-finfisher-in-muenchen\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[76]<\/a> https:\/\/citizenlab.ca\/2015\/10\/mapping-finfishers-continuing-proliferation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[77]<\/a> https:\/\/bigbrotherawards.de\/en\/2012\/technology-gamma-international<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[4]<\/a> https:\/\/atalayar.com\/en\/content\/turkish-spy-networks-control-opponents<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-39416954<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.birgun.net\/haber\/iddia-pelikancilar-hakan-fidan-gitsin-diyor-283382<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trthaber.com\/haber\/gundem\/iletisim-baskanligi-berat-albayrakin-gorevden-af-talebi-kabul-edilmistir-529559.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/europe\/russia-accuses-president-erdogan-s-son-law-being-linked-isis-oil-trade-a6761436.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2016\/09\/turkey-redhackers-daunt-the-erdogan-family.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/thepressproject.gr\/exclusive-wikileaks-documents-relations-erdogan-isis-oil-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.duvarenglish.com\/sport\/2020\/02\/10\/politics-in-stadiums-fenerbahce-fans-urge-minister-albayrak-to-keep-hands-off-football<\/a> ; https:\/\/odatv4.com\/fenerbahceliler-damata-karsi-ayaga-kalkti-02022031.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> Intelligence Online, \u201cHakan Fidan close to ministerial promotion<\/em>\u201d, see in 2020.11.18 Hakan Fidan Minister<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkey-launches-project-to-train-1-million-software-developers-154081<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> 2017.04.13 T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mill%C3%AE_%C4%B0stihbarat_Te%C5%9Fkil%C3%A2t%C4%B1#Leitung<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> Hakan Fidan on Nexis, pages 57-60<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/t24.com.tr\/haber\/adanada-3-tir-durduruldu-arama-yapiliyor,248707<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> 1000 colpi di mortaio, 1000 colpi di artiglieria, 50\u2019000 fucili d'assalto e 30\u2019000 munizioni per mitragliatrice \u2013 see in https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529223636\/http:\/\/www.aktifhaber.com\/devlet-sirri-denilen-mit-tirlari-ile-ilgili-tapeler-1053377h.htm#<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.haber7.com\/guncel\/haber\/1121773-mit-tirlari-neden-durduruldu<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com.tr\/haber\/mit-tirlari-boyle-durduruldu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/bianet.org\/bianet\/insan-haklari\/155519-tir-lari-durdurmakla-suclanan-13-askere-muebbet-istendi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.milliyet.com.tr\/gundem\/mit-tirlari-olayinda-yeni-gelisme-5-savci-gorevden-uzaklastirildi-1999064<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/erdogandan-canli-yayinda-can-dundara-tehdit-288885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/www.faz.net\/aktuell\/politik\/ausland\/europa\/tuerkei\/tuerkei-kampf-gegen-die-soldaten-des-lichts-12715816.html?printPagedArticle=true#pageIndex_3<\/a> ; https:\/\/taz.de\/Wie-Guelen-zum-Staatsfeind-Nr-1-wurde\/!5323191\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.sabah.com.tr\/gundem\/2021\/02\/03\/son-dakika-istihbarattaki-fetocu-generalden-bomba-itiraflar-tegmen-rutbemi-fetullah-gulen-takti<\/a> ; https:\/\/tr.sputniknews.com\/turkiye\/202001211041211454-sozcu-ilker-basbugu-cezaevine-attiran-feto-mektubunu-acikliyoruz\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.genios.de\/presse-archiv\/artikel\/FAZ\/20171111\/jagd-auf-die-guelenisten\/FR1201711115279571.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nadir.org\/nadir\/initiativ\/isku\/hintergrund\/geheimdienste\/geheim994.htm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/tuerkischer-geheimdienst-liess-erdogan-gegner-in-deutschland-ausspionieren\/12027820.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article157778863\/Erdogans-Agenten-bedrohen-Tuerken-in-Deutschland.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.derstandard.at\/story\/1397522175727\/geheimdienst-staat-tuerkei<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2020\/09\/turkey-austria-spy-nehammer-kurdish-clashes-protests-vienna.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/austria-turkey-espionage-int-idUSKBN25S4R5<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/10\/13\/world\/europe\/turkey-austria-erdogan-assassin.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/global-europe\/news\/flemish-minister-turkish-sponosred-mosque-is-nest-of-spies\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/07\/06\/influenced-by-gulenists-belgium-targets-turkish-mosques-fighting-extremism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turk-greek-ties-strained-by-arson-row-10324<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-greece-germany-spying\/greek-police-arrest-german-on-suspicion-of-spying-idUSBRE97208820130803<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kathimerini.gr\/society\/896001\/istories-me-kataskopoys-sto-aigaio\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.larissanet.gr\/2019\/06\/21\/dikazetai-sti-rodo-kataskopos-tis-tourkias\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/ahvalnews.com\/mit\/turkish-intelligence-recruits-eu-retirees-spy-greece<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/04\/turkish-intelligence-operations-targeting-critics-in-greece-exposed-in-secret-documents\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/intelnews.org\/2016\/12\/09\/01-2023\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/more-secret-documents-confirming-vast-turkish-espionage-activities-in-greece-uncovered\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.skai.gr\/news\/greece\/dyo-syllipseis-ellinon-gia-kataskopeia-sti-rodo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-kosovo-security-turkey-idUSKBN1H70CC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/opinion\/murat-yetkin\/turkish-intelligence-unveils-secret-codes-used-before-coup-attempt-103843<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2018\/09\/turkish-teachers-detained-moldova-gulen.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/balkaninsight.com\/2018\/09\/06\/six-turkish-professors-detained-by-moldovan-secret-services-09-06-2018\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/turkeypurge.com\/turkey-spying-imams-active-also-in-norway<\/a> ; https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/turkeys-autocratic-president-erdogans-spying-profiling-expands-in-norway\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/kafila.org\/www-matthewaid-com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/report-sweden-launches-espionage-probe-into-turkish-govt-representatives\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/politics\/undiplomatic_swiss-eye-alleged-turkish-kidnapping-attempt\/43973170<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/swiss-foreign-minister-warns-turkey-against-illegal-spying-111199<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/eu-affairs\/2017\/05\/01\/as-anti-turkish-politics-grip-europe-turkish-swiss-policeman-arrested<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-brings-key-feto-suspect-from-ukraine-to-turkey-134608<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.meforum.org\/60976\/turkish-spy-agency-mit-intelligence-gathering-australia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-egypt-court\/egypt-detains-29-people-on-suspicion-of-espionage-for-turkey-idUSKBN1DM1AN<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.egypttoday.com\/Article\/1\/33764\/In-Pictures-Egypt-foils-Turkish-espionage-attempt<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-agency-brings-three-feto-members-from-gabon-to-turkey-130050<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/turkey\/turkish-intelligence-agency-rescues-a-kidnapped-italian-citizen-in-kenya-36192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20190807-libyan-national-army-turkish-intelligence-is-operating-in-tripoli\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/11\/27\/senior-feto-figure-captured-by-turkish-intelligence-in-sudan\/amp<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/07\/turkish-diplomats-have-extensively-spied-on-critics-in-the-united-states\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/1101683.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intel-returns-wanted-feto-from-azerbaijan-140108<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/06\/turkish-diplomats-spy-on-erdogan-critics-in-georgia-secret-document-reveals\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[52]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/cellmate-teacher-abducted-by-turkeys-mit-from-malaysia-subjected-to-torture-in-ankara\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligences-captures-feto-suspect-in-malaysia-146188<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-mongolia-kidnapping-turkey-idUSKBN1KI03N<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/pakistan\/pakistan-admits-they-secretly-deported-turkish-family-wanted-by-erdogan-govt-4895423\/lite\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turkish_involvement_in_the_Syrian_civil_war<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/securityaffairs.co\/wordpress\/41169\/breaking-news\/finfisher-spyware-new-customers.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.business-humanrights.org\/en\/latest-news\/german-prosecutor-to-investigate-finfisher-for-allegedly-selling-spyware-used-against-journalists-and-activists-in-turkey-without-license\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.ecchr.eu\/en\/press-release\/german-prosecutor-opens-criminal-investiation-into-finfisher-for-selling-spyware-to-turkey-without-license\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reporter-ohne-grenzen.de\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/freiheitsrechte.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[60]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[61]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecchr.eu\/en\/about-us\/?L=2<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[62]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 4-5<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[63]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 6-7, page 12<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[64]<\/a> https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847361\/UK-NCP-initial-complaint-privacy-international-and-others-against-gamma-international-uk-ltd.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847362\/UK-NCP-Final-statement-complaint-Privacy-International-Gamma-International-UK-Ltd.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847364\/uk-ncp-follow-up-statement-privacy-international-gamma-international.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[65]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/privacy-international-complaint-to-uk-ncp-about-gamma-international-uk-ltd<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[66]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/finfisher-malicious-spyware-disguised-mozilla-firefox-discovered-36-countries-1233177<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[67]<\/a> https:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/home\/security-news\/finfisher-command-and-control-hubs-turn-up-in-11-new-countries\/<\/a> ; 2013.04.01 SC Magazine on FinFisher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[68]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/german-prosecutors-investigate-spyware-maker-finfisher\/a-50293812<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[69]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/2020\/unsere-strafanzeige-razzia-bei-staatstrojaner-firma-finfisher-in-muenchen\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[70]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/intelligence_privacy\/avira-lantivirus-comprato-dai-servizi-segreti-del-golfo-persico\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/blogs.mediapart.fr\/paolo-fusi\/blog\/260920\/le-hacker-militaire-qui-achete-avira<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[71]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/research\/2020\/09\/german-made-finspy-spyware-found-in-egypt-and-mac-and-linux-versions-revealed\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[72]<\/a> https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/BL-DGB-23568<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/technology\/apple\/8912714\/Apple-iTunes-flaw-allowed-government-spying-for-3-years.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/krebsonsecurity.com\/2011\/11\/apple-took-3-years-to-fix-finfisher-trojan-hole\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2012-07-25\/cyber-attacks-on-activists-traced-to-finfisher-spyware-of-gamma<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[75]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/tecnologia\/2015\/07\/12\/news\/segreti-concorrenza-e-fobie-tutti-i-punti-deboli-di-hacking-team-1.35241096<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[76]<\/a> https:\/\/citizenlab.ca\/2015\/10\/mapping-finfishers-continuing-proliferation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[77]<\/a> https:\/\/bigbrotherawards.de\/en\/2012\/technology-gamma-international<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[78]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/pdf\/gammagrouploutheannelsonwapenhandelaarspursang.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/slideum.com\/doc\/9973831\/gehele-observant-%2369--januari-2017-politie-mercenaries<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[79]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[81]<\/a> U.S. Department of Commerce, Industry and Trade Administration, \u201cCommercial News USA<\/em>\u201d, U.S. Foreign Commercial Service, Washington DC, 1979, page 38<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[82]<\/a> https:\/\/www.referenceforbusiness.com\/history2\/1\/CompuDyne-Corporation.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[84]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/hk\/0475615<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[85]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/02088610<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[86]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[87]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/01958854<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[88]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/05318642<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[89]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/06591222<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[92]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nti.org\/gsn\/article\/danish-man-charged-with-wmd-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[94]<\/a> Elaman AG Malans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[95]<\/a> Holger G\u00fcnther Rumscheidt Kirchberg in Tirol<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[98]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[99]<\/a> James Bamford, \u201cBody of secrets: Anatomy of the ultra-secret NSA<\/em>\u201d, Anchor Books, New York, 2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/turkey-used-german-spy-software-on-opposition-politicians-and-activists\/a-43787769<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/atalayar.com\/en\/content\/turkish-spy-networks-control-opponents<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-39416954<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.birgun.net\/haber\/iddia-pelikancilar-hakan-fidan-gitsin-diyor-283382<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trthaber.com\/haber\/gundem\/iletisim-baskanligi-berat-albayrakin-gorevden-af-talebi-kabul-edilmistir-529559.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/europe\/russia-accuses-president-erdogan-s-son-law-being-linked-isis-oil-trade-a6761436.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2016\/09\/turkey-redhackers-daunt-the-erdogan-family.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/thepressproject.gr\/exclusive-wikileaks-documents-relations-erdogan-isis-oil-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.duvarenglish.com\/sport\/2020\/02\/10\/politics-in-stadiums-fenerbahce-fans-urge-minister-albayrak-to-keep-hands-off-football<\/a> ; https:\/\/odatv4.com\/fenerbahceliler-damata-karsi-ayaga-kalkti-02022031.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> Intelligence Online, \u201cHakan Fidan close to ministerial promotion<\/em>\u201d, see in 2020.11.18 Hakan Fidan Minister<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkey-launches-project-to-train-1-million-software-developers-154081<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> 2017.04.13 T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mill%C3%AE_%C4%B0stihbarat_Te%C5%9Fkil%C3%A2t%C4%B1#Leitung<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> Hakan Fidan on Nexis, pages 57-60<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/t24.com.tr\/haber\/adanada-3-tir-durduruldu-arama-yapiliyor,248707<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> 1000 colpi di mortaio, 1000 colpi di artiglieria, 50\u2019000 fucili d'assalto e 30\u2019000 munizioni per mitragliatrice \u2013 see in https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529223636\/http:\/\/www.aktifhaber.com\/devlet-sirri-denilen-mit-tirlari-ile-ilgili-tapeler-1053377h.htm#<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.haber7.com\/guncel\/haber\/1121773-mit-tirlari-neden-durduruldu<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com.tr\/haber\/mit-tirlari-boyle-durduruldu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/bianet.org\/bianet\/insan-haklari\/155519-tir-lari-durdurmakla-suclanan-13-askere-muebbet-istendi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.milliyet.com.tr\/gundem\/mit-tirlari-olayinda-yeni-gelisme-5-savci-gorevden-uzaklastirildi-1999064<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/erdogandan-canli-yayinda-can-dundara-tehdit-288885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/www.faz.net\/aktuell\/politik\/ausland\/europa\/tuerkei\/tuerkei-kampf-gegen-die-soldaten-des-lichts-12715816.html?printPagedArticle=true#pageIndex_3<\/a> ; https:\/\/taz.de\/Wie-Guelen-zum-Staatsfeind-Nr-1-wurde\/!5323191\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.sabah.com.tr\/gundem\/2021\/02\/03\/son-dakika-istihbarattaki-fetocu-generalden-bomba-itiraflar-tegmen-rutbemi-fetullah-gulen-takti<\/a> ; https:\/\/tr.sputniknews.com\/turkiye\/202001211041211454-sozcu-ilker-basbugu-cezaevine-attiran-feto-mektubunu-acikliyoruz\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.genios.de\/presse-archiv\/artikel\/FAZ\/20171111\/jagd-auf-die-guelenisten\/FR1201711115279571.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nadir.org\/nadir\/initiativ\/isku\/hintergrund\/geheimdienste\/geheim994.htm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/tuerkischer-geheimdienst-liess-erdogan-gegner-in-deutschland-ausspionieren\/12027820.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article157778863\/Erdogans-Agenten-bedrohen-Tuerken-in-Deutschland.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.derstandard.at\/story\/1397522175727\/geheimdienst-staat-tuerkei<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2020\/09\/turkey-austria-spy-nehammer-kurdish-clashes-protests-vienna.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/austria-turkey-espionage-int-idUSKBN25S4R5<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/10\/13\/world\/europe\/turkey-austria-erdogan-assassin.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/global-europe\/news\/flemish-minister-turkish-sponosred-mosque-is-nest-of-spies\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/07\/06\/influenced-by-gulenists-belgium-targets-turkish-mosques-fighting-extremism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/erdogan-critics-listed-by-turkish-embassy-in-prague-were-included-in-bogus-terrorism-probe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[2]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/6554851.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/laik-turkiye-icin-caglayan-a-6426626<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/3-miting-3-mesaj-6462629<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/izmir-rekor-bekliyor-6495436<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/turkey-used-german-spy-software-on-opposition-politicians-and-activists\/a-43787769<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/atalayar.com\/en\/content\/turkish-spy-networks-control-opponents<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-39416954<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.birgun.net\/haber\/iddia-pelikancilar-hakan-fidan-gitsin-diyor-283382<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trthaber.com\/haber\/gundem\/iletisim-baskanligi-berat-albayrakin-gorevden-af-talebi-kabul-edilmistir-529559.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/europe\/russia-accuses-president-erdogan-s-son-law-being-linked-isis-oil-trade-a6761436.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2016\/09\/turkey-redhackers-daunt-the-erdogan-family.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/thepressproject.gr\/exclusive-wikileaks-documents-relations-erdogan-isis-oil-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.duvarenglish.com\/sport\/2020\/02\/10\/politics-in-stadiums-fenerbahce-fans-urge-minister-albayrak-to-keep-hands-off-football<\/a> ; https:\/\/odatv4.com\/fenerbahceliler-damata-karsi-ayaga-kalkti-02022031.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> Intelligence Online, \u201cHakan Fidan close to ministerial promotion<\/em>\u201d, see in 2020.11.18 Hakan Fidan Minister<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkey-launches-project-to-train-1-million-software-developers-154081<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> 2017.04.13 T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mill%C3%AE_%C4%B0stihbarat_Te%C5%9Fkil%C3%A2t%C4%B1#Leitung<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> Hakan Fidan on Nexis, pages 57-60<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/t24.com.tr\/haber\/adanada-3-tir-durduruldu-arama-yapiliyor,248707<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> 1000 colpi di mortaio, 1000 colpi di artiglieria, 50\u2019000 fucili d'assalto e 30\u2019000 munizioni per mitragliatrice \u2013 see in https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529223636\/http:\/\/www.aktifhaber.com\/devlet-sirri-denilen-mit-tirlari-ile-ilgili-tapeler-1053377h.htm#<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.haber7.com\/guncel\/haber\/1121773-mit-tirlari-neden-durduruldu<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com.tr\/haber\/mit-tirlari-boyle-durduruldu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/bianet.org\/bianet\/insan-haklari\/155519-tir-lari-durdurmakla-suclanan-13-askere-muebbet-istendi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.milliyet.com.tr\/gundem\/mit-tirlari-olayinda-yeni-gelisme-5-savci-gorevden-uzaklastirildi-1999064<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/erdogandan-canli-yayinda-can-dundara-tehdit-288885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/www.faz.net\/aktuell\/politik\/ausland\/europa\/tuerkei\/tuerkei-kampf-gegen-die-soldaten-des-lichts-12715816.html?printPagedArticle=true#pageIndex_3<\/a> ; https:\/\/taz.de\/Wie-Guelen-zum-Staatsfeind-Nr-1-wurde\/!5323191\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.sabah.com.tr\/gundem\/2021\/02\/03\/son-dakika-istihbarattaki-fetocu-generalden-bomba-itiraflar-tegmen-rutbemi-fetullah-gulen-takti<\/a> ; https:\/\/tr.sputniknews.com\/turkiye\/202001211041211454-sozcu-ilker-basbugu-cezaevine-attiran-feto-mektubunu-acikliyoruz\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.genios.de\/presse-archiv\/artikel\/FAZ\/20171111\/jagd-auf-die-guelenisten\/FR1201711115279571.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nadir.org\/nadir\/initiativ\/isku\/hintergrund\/geheimdienste\/geheim994.htm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/tuerkischer-geheimdienst-liess-erdogan-gegner-in-deutschland-ausspionieren\/12027820.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article157778863\/Erdogans-Agenten-bedrohen-Tuerken-in-Deutschland.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.derstandard.at\/story\/1397522175727\/geheimdienst-staat-tuerkei<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2020\/09\/turkey-austria-spy-nehammer-kurdish-clashes-protests-vienna.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/austria-turkey-espionage-int-idUSKBN25S4R5<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/10\/13\/world\/europe\/turkey-austria-erdogan-assassin.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/global-europe\/news\/flemish-minister-turkish-sponosred-mosque-is-nest-of-spies\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/07\/06\/influenced-by-gulenists-belgium-targets-turkish-mosques-fighting-extremism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/erdogan-critics-listed-by-turkish-embassy-in-prague-were-included-in-bogus-terrorism-probe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turk-greek-ties-strained-by-arson-row-10324<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-greece-germany-spying\/greek-police-arrest-german-on-suspicion-of-spying-idUSBRE97208820130803<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kathimerini.gr\/society\/896001\/istories-me-kataskopoys-sto-aigaio\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.larissanet.gr\/2019\/06\/21\/dikazetai-sti-rodo-kataskopos-tis-tourkias\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/ahvalnews.com\/mit\/turkish-intelligence-recruits-eu-retirees-spy-greece<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/04\/turkish-intelligence-operations-targeting-critics-in-greece-exposed-in-secret-documents\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/intelnews.org\/2016\/12\/09\/01-2023\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/more-secret-documents-confirming-vast-turkish-espionage-activities-in-greece-uncovered\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.skai.gr\/news\/greece\/dyo-syllipseis-ellinon-gia-kataskopeia-sti-rodo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-kosovo-security-turkey-idUSKBN1H70CC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/opinion\/murat-yetkin\/turkish-intelligence-unveils-secret-codes-used-before-coup-attempt-103843<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2018\/09\/turkish-teachers-detained-moldova-gulen.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/balkaninsight.com\/2018\/09\/06\/six-turkish-professors-detained-by-moldovan-secret-services-09-06-2018\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/turkeypurge.com\/turkey-spying-imams-active-also-in-norway<\/a> ; https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/turkeys-autocratic-president-erdogans-spying-profiling-expands-in-norway\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/kafila.org\/www-matthewaid-com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/report-sweden-launches-espionage-probe-into-turkish-govt-representatives\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/politics\/undiplomatic_swiss-eye-alleged-turkish-kidnapping-attempt\/43973170<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/swiss-foreign-minister-warns-turkey-against-illegal-spying-111199<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/eu-affairs\/2017\/05\/01\/as-anti-turkish-politics-grip-europe-turkish-swiss-policeman-arrested<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-brings-key-feto-suspect-from-ukraine-to-turkey-134608<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.meforum.org\/60976\/turkish-spy-agency-mit-intelligence-gathering-australia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-egypt-court\/egypt-detains-29-people-on-suspicion-of-espionage-for-turkey-idUSKBN1DM1AN<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.egypttoday.com\/Article\/1\/33764\/In-Pictures-Egypt-foils-Turkish-espionage-attempt<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-agency-brings-three-feto-members-from-gabon-to-turkey-130050<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/turkey\/turkish-intelligence-agency-rescues-a-kidnapped-italian-citizen-in-kenya-36192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20190807-libyan-national-army-turkish-intelligence-is-operating-in-tripoli\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/11\/27\/senior-feto-figure-captured-by-turkish-intelligence-in-sudan\/amp<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/07\/turkish-diplomats-have-extensively-spied-on-critics-in-the-united-states\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/1101683.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intel-returns-wanted-feto-from-azerbaijan-140108<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/06\/turkish-diplomats-spy-on-erdogan-critics-in-georgia-secret-document-reveals\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2019\/04\/22\/4-pkk-terrorists-brought-to-turkey-from-iraq-in-operation-by-turkish-intelligence<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/news\/pkk-confirms-capture-two-turkish-spies-iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.presstv.com\/Detail\/2017\/08\/29\/533306\/PKK-Turkish-officers-spying-Iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.sabah.com.tr\/gundem\/2019\/07\/07\/son-dakika-teror-orgutu-pkkkcknin-sozde-baskanlik-konseyi-uyesi-diyar-garip-muhammed-etkisiz-hale-getirildi<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thedefensepost.com\/2018\/08\/15\/turkey-airstrike-pkk-sinjar-iraq\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/menafn.com\/1098975780\/Turkish-warplanes-neutralize-4-PKK-terrorists-In-Iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2019\/09\/16\/3-pkk-terrorists-neutralized-by-turkish-jets-in-northern-iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkey-neutralizes-senior-female-ypg-pkk-terrorist-150730<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/cellmate-teacher-abducted-by-turkeys-mit-from-malaysia-subjected-to-torture-in-ankara\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligences-captures-feto-suspect-in-malaysia-146188<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-mongolia-kidnapping-turkey-idUSKBN1KI03N<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/pakistan\/pakistan-admits-they-secretly-deported-turkish-family-wanted-by-erdogan-govt-4895423\/lite\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turkish_involvement_in_the_Syrian_civil_war<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/securityaffairs.co\/wordpress\/41169\/breaking-news\/finfisher-spyware-new-customers.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.business-humanrights.org\/en\/latest-news\/german-prosecutor-to-investigate-finfisher-for-allegedly-selling-spyware-used-against-journalists-and-activists-in-turkey-without-license\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.ecchr.eu\/en\/press-release\/german-prosecutor-opens-criminal-investiation-into-finfisher-for-selling-spyware-to-turkey-without-license\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reporter-ohne-grenzen.de\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/freiheitsrechte.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[60]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[61]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecchr.eu\/en\/about-us\/?L=2<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[62]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 4-5<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[63]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 6-7, page 12<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[64]<\/a> https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847361\/UK-NCP-initial-complaint-privacy-international-and-others-against-gamma-international-uk-ltd.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847362\/UK-NCP-Final-statement-complaint-Privacy-International-Gamma-International-UK-Ltd.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847364\/uk-ncp-follow-up-statement-privacy-international-gamma-international.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[65]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/privacy-international-complaint-to-uk-ncp-about-gamma-international-uk-ltd<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[66]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/finfisher-malicious-spyware-disguised-mozilla-firefox-discovered-36-countries-1233177<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[67]<\/a> https:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/home\/security-news\/finfisher-command-and-control-hubs-turn-up-in-11-new-countries\/<\/a> ; 2013.04.01 SC Magazine on FinFisher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[68]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/german-prosecutors-investigate-spyware-maker-finfisher\/a-50293812<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[69]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/2020\/unsere-strafanzeige-razzia-bei-staatstrojaner-firma-finfisher-in-muenchen\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[70]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/intelligence_privacy\/avira-lantivirus-comprato-dai-servizi-segreti-del-golfo-persico\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/blogs.mediapart.fr\/paolo-fusi\/blog\/260920\/le-hacker-militaire-qui-achete-avira<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[71]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/research\/2020\/09\/german-made-finspy-spyware-found-in-egypt-and-mac-and-linux-versions-revealed\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[72]<\/a> https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/BL-DGB-23568<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/technology\/apple\/8912714\/Apple-iTunes-flaw-allowed-government-spying-for-3-years.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/krebsonsecurity.com\/2011\/11\/apple-took-3-years-to-fix-finfisher-trojan-hole\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2012-07-25\/cyber-attacks-on-activists-traced-to-finfisher-spyware-of-gamma<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[75]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/tecnologia\/2015\/07\/12\/news\/segreti-concorrenza-e-fobie-tutti-i-punti-deboli-di-hacking-team-1.35241096<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[76]<\/a> https:\/\/citizenlab.ca\/2015\/10\/mapping-finfishers-continuing-proliferation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[77]<\/a> https:\/\/bigbrotherawards.de\/en\/2012\/technology-gamma-international<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[78]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/pdf\/gammagrouploutheannelsonwapenhandelaarspursang.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/slideum.com\/doc\/9973831\/gehele-observant-%2369--januari-2017-politie-mercenaries<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/65-in-yuzbinleri-6335051<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/6554851.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/laik-turkiye-icin-caglayan-a-6426626<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/3-miting-3-mesaj-6462629<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/izmir-rekor-bekliyor-6495436<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/turkey-used-german-spy-software-on-opposition-politicians-and-activists\/a-43787769<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/atalayar.com\/en\/content\/turkish-spy-networks-control-opponents<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-39416954<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.birgun.net\/haber\/iddia-pelikancilar-hakan-fidan-gitsin-diyor-283382<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trthaber.com\/haber\/gundem\/iletisim-baskanligi-berat-albayrakin-gorevden-af-talebi-kabul-edilmistir-529559.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/europe\/russia-accuses-president-erdogan-s-son-law-being-linked-isis-oil-trade-a6761436.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2016\/09\/turkey-redhackers-daunt-the-erdogan-family.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/thepressproject.gr\/exclusive-wikileaks-documents-relations-erdogan-isis-oil-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.duvarenglish.com\/sport\/2020\/02\/10\/politics-in-stadiums-fenerbahce-fans-urge-minister-albayrak-to-keep-hands-off-football<\/a> ; https:\/\/odatv4.com\/fenerbahceliler-damata-karsi-ayaga-kalkti-02022031.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> Intelligence Online, \u201cHakan Fidan close to ministerial promotion<\/em>\u201d, see in 2020.11.18 Hakan Fidan Minister<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkey-launches-project-to-train-1-million-software-developers-154081<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> 2017.04.13 T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mill%C3%AE_%C4%B0stihbarat_Te%C5%9Fkil%C3%A2t%C4%B1#Leitung<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> Hakan Fidan on Nexis, pages 57-60<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/t24.com.tr\/haber\/adanada-3-tir-durduruldu-arama-yapiliyor,248707<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> 1000 colpi di mortaio, 1000 colpi di artiglieria, 50\u2019000 fucili d'assalto e 30\u2019000 munizioni per mitragliatrice \u2013 see in https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529223636\/http:\/\/www.aktifhaber.com\/devlet-sirri-denilen-mit-tirlari-ile-ilgili-tapeler-1053377h.htm#<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.haber7.com\/guncel\/haber\/1121773-mit-tirlari-neden-durduruldu<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com.tr\/haber\/mit-tirlari-boyle-durduruldu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/bianet.org\/bianet\/insan-haklari\/155519-tir-lari-durdurmakla-suclanan-13-askere-muebbet-istendi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.milliyet.com.tr\/gundem\/mit-tirlari-olayinda-yeni-gelisme-5-savci-gorevden-uzaklastirildi-1999064<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/erdogandan-canli-yayinda-can-dundara-tehdit-288885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/www.faz.net\/aktuell\/politik\/ausland\/europa\/tuerkei\/tuerkei-kampf-gegen-die-soldaten-des-lichts-12715816.html?printPagedArticle=true#pageIndex_3<\/a> ; https:\/\/taz.de\/Wie-Guelen-zum-Staatsfeind-Nr-1-wurde\/!5323191\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.sabah.com.tr\/gundem\/2021\/02\/03\/son-dakika-istihbarattaki-fetocu-generalden-bomba-itiraflar-tegmen-rutbemi-fetullah-gulen-takti<\/a> ; https:\/\/tr.sputniknews.com\/turkiye\/202001211041211454-sozcu-ilker-basbugu-cezaevine-attiran-feto-mektubunu-acikliyoruz\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.genios.de\/presse-archiv\/artikel\/FAZ\/20171111\/jagd-auf-die-guelenisten\/FR1201711115279571.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nadir.org\/nadir\/initiativ\/isku\/hintergrund\/geheimdienste\/geheim994.htm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/tuerkischer-geheimdienst-liess-erdogan-gegner-in-deutschland-ausspionieren\/12027820.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article157778863\/Erdogans-Agenten-bedrohen-Tuerken-in-Deutschland.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.derstandard.at\/story\/1397522175727\/geheimdienst-staat-tuerkei<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2020\/09\/turkey-austria-spy-nehammer-kurdish-clashes-protests-vienna.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/austria-turkey-espionage-int-idUSKBN25S4R5<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/10\/13\/world\/europe\/turkey-austria-erdogan-assassin.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/global-europe\/news\/flemish-minister-turkish-sponosred-mosque-is-nest-of-spies\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/07\/06\/influenced-by-gulenists-belgium-targets-turkish-mosques-fighting-extremism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/erdogan-critics-listed-by-turkish-embassy-in-prague-were-included-in-bogus-terrorism-probe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turk-greek-ties-strained-by-arson-row-10324<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-greece-germany-spying\/greek-police-arrest-german-on-suspicion-of-spying-idUSBRE97208820130803<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kathimerini.gr\/society\/896001\/istories-me-kataskopoys-sto-aigaio\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.larissanet.gr\/2019\/06\/21\/dikazetai-sti-rodo-kataskopos-tis-tourkias\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/ahvalnews.com\/mit\/turkish-intelligence-recruits-eu-retirees-spy-greece<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/04\/turkish-intelligence-operations-targeting-critics-in-greece-exposed-in-secret-documents\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/intelnews.org\/2016\/12\/09\/01-2023\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/more-secret-documents-confirming-vast-turkish-espionage-activities-in-greece-uncovered\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.skai.gr\/news\/greece\/dyo-syllipseis-ellinon-gia-kataskopeia-sti-rodo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-kosovo-security-turkey-idUSKBN1H70CC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/opinion\/murat-yetkin\/turkish-intelligence-unveils-secret-codes-used-before-coup-attempt-103843<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2018\/09\/turkish-teachers-detained-moldova-gulen.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/balkaninsight.com\/2018\/09\/06\/six-turkish-professors-detained-by-moldovan-secret-services-09-06-2018\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/turkeypurge.com\/turkey-spying-imams-active-also-in-norway<\/a> ; https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/turkeys-autocratic-president-erdogans-spying-profiling-expands-in-norway\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[37]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/report-sweden-launches-espionage-probe-into-turkish-govt-representatives\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/politics\/undiplomatic_swiss-eye-alleged-turkish-kidnapping-attempt\/43973170<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/swiss-foreign-minister-warns-turkey-against-illegal-spying-111199<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/eu-affairs\/2017\/05\/01\/as-anti-turkish-politics-grip-europe-turkish-swiss-policeman-arrested<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-brings-key-feto-suspect-from-ukraine-to-turkey-134608<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.meforum.org\/60976\/turkish-spy-agency-mit-intelligence-gathering-australia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-agency-brings-three-feto-members-from-gabon-to-turkey-130050<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/turkey\/turkish-intelligence-agency-rescues-a-kidnapped-italian-citizen-in-kenya-36192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[66]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/finfisher-malicious-spyware-disguised-mozilla-firefox-discovered-36-countries-1233177<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[67]<\/a> https:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/home\/security-news\/finfisher-command-and-control-hubs-turn-up-in-11-new-countries\/<\/a> ; 2013.04.01 SC Magazine on FinFisher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[69]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/2020\/unsere-strafanzeige-razzia-bei-staatstrojaner-firma-finfisher-in-muenchen\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[77]<\/a> https:\/\/bigbrotherawards.de\/en\/2012\/technology-gamma-international<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/65-in-yuzbinleri-6335051<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/6554851.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/laik-turkiye-icin-caglayan-a-6426626<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/3-miting-3-mesaj-6462629<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/izmir-rekor-bekliyor-6495436<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/turkey-used-german-spy-software-on-opposition-politicians-and-activists\/a-43787769<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/atalayar.com\/en\/content\/turkish-spy-networks-control-opponents<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-39416954<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.birgun.net\/haber\/iddia-pelikancilar-hakan-fidan-gitsin-diyor-283382<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trthaber.com\/haber\/gundem\/iletisim-baskanligi-berat-albayrakin-gorevden-af-talebi-kabul-edilmistir-529559.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/europe\/russia-accuses-president-erdogan-s-son-law-being-linked-isis-oil-trade-a6761436.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2016\/09\/turkey-redhackers-daunt-the-erdogan-family.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/thepressproject.gr\/exclusive-wikileaks-documents-relations-erdogan-isis-oil-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.duvarenglish.com\/sport\/2020\/02\/10\/politics-in-stadiums-fenerbahce-fans-urge-minister-albayrak-to-keep-hands-off-football<\/a> ; https:\/\/odatv4.com\/fenerbahceliler-damata-karsi-ayaga-kalkti-02022031.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> Intelligence Online, \u201cHakan Fidan close to ministerial promotion<\/em>\u201d, see in 2020.11.18 Hakan Fidan Minister<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkey-launches-project-to-train-1-million-software-developers-154081<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> 2017.04.13 T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mill%C3%AE_%C4%B0stihbarat_Te%C5%9Fkil%C3%A2t%C4%B1#Leitung<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> Hakan Fidan on Nexis, pages 57-60<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/t24.com.tr\/haber\/adanada-3-tir-durduruldu-arama-yapiliyor,248707<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> 1000 colpi di mortaio, 1000 colpi di artiglieria, 50\u2019000 fucili d'assalto e 30\u2019000 munizioni per mitragliatrice \u2013 see in https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529223636\/http:\/\/www.aktifhaber.com\/devlet-sirri-denilen-mit-tirlari-ile-ilgili-tapeler-1053377h.htm#<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.haber7.com\/guncel\/haber\/1121773-mit-tirlari-neden-durduruldu<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com.tr\/haber\/mit-tirlari-boyle-durduruldu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/bianet.org\/bianet\/insan-haklari\/155519-tir-lari-durdurmakla-suclanan-13-askere-muebbet-istendi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.milliyet.com.tr\/gundem\/mit-tirlari-olayinda-yeni-gelisme-5-savci-gorevden-uzaklastirildi-1999064<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/erdogandan-canli-yayinda-can-dundara-tehdit-288885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/www.faz.net\/aktuell\/politik\/ausland\/europa\/tuerkei\/tuerkei-kampf-gegen-die-soldaten-des-lichts-12715816.html?printPagedArticle=true#pageIndex_3<\/a> ; https:\/\/taz.de\/Wie-Guelen-zum-Staatsfeind-Nr-1-wurde\/!5323191\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.sabah.com.tr\/gundem\/2021\/02\/03\/son-dakika-istihbarattaki-fetocu-generalden-bomba-itiraflar-tegmen-rutbemi-fetullah-gulen-takti<\/a> ; https:\/\/tr.sputniknews.com\/turkiye\/202001211041211454-sozcu-ilker-basbugu-cezaevine-attiran-feto-mektubunu-acikliyoruz\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.genios.de\/presse-archiv\/artikel\/FAZ\/20171111\/jagd-auf-die-guelenisten\/FR1201711115279571.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nadir.org\/nadir\/initiativ\/isku\/hintergrund\/geheimdienste\/geheim994.htm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/tuerkischer-geheimdienst-liess-erdogan-gegner-in-deutschland-ausspionieren\/12027820.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article157778863\/Erdogans-Agenten-bedrohen-Tuerken-in-Deutschland.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.derstandard.at\/story\/1397522175727\/geheimdienst-staat-tuerkei<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2020\/09\/turkey-austria-spy-nehammer-kurdish-clashes-protests-vienna.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/austria-turkey-espionage-int-idUSKBN25S4R5<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/10\/13\/world\/europe\/turkey-austria-erdogan-assassin.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/global-europe\/news\/flemish-minister-turkish-sponosred-mosque-is-nest-of-spies\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/07\/06\/influenced-by-gulenists-belgium-targets-turkish-mosques-fighting-extremism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/erdogan-critics-listed-by-turkish-embassy-in-prague-were-included-in-bogus-terrorism-probe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turk-greek-ties-strained-by-arson-row-10324<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-greece-germany-spying\/greek-police-arrest-german-on-suspicion-of-spying-idUSBRE97208820130803<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kathimerini.gr\/society\/896001\/istories-me-kataskopoys-sto-aigaio\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.larissanet.gr\/2019\/06\/21\/dikazetai-sti-rodo-kataskopos-tis-tourkias\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/ahvalnews.com\/mit\/turkish-intelligence-recruits-eu-retirees-spy-greece<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/04\/turkish-intelligence-operations-targeting-critics-in-greece-exposed-in-secret-documents\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/intelnews.org\/2016\/12\/09\/01-2023\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/more-secret-documents-confirming-vast-turkish-espionage-activities-in-greece-uncovered\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.skai.gr\/news\/greece\/dyo-syllipseis-ellinon-gia-kataskopeia-sti-rodo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-kosovo-security-turkey-idUSKBN1H70CC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/opinion\/murat-yetkin\/turkish-intelligence-unveils-secret-codes-used-before-coup-attempt-103843<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2018\/09\/turkish-teachers-detained-moldova-gulen.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/balkaninsight.com\/2018\/09\/06\/six-turkish-professors-detained-by-moldovan-secret-services-09-06-2018\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/turkeypurge.com\/turkey-spying-imams-active-also-in-norway<\/a> ; https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/turkeys-autocratic-president-erdogans-spying-profiling-expands-in-norway\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/kafila.org\/www-matthewaid-com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/report-sweden-launches-espionage-probe-into-turkish-govt-representatives\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/politics\/undiplomatic_swiss-eye-alleged-turkish-kidnapping-attempt\/43973170<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/swiss-foreign-minister-warns-turkey-against-illegal-spying-111199<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/eu-affairs\/2017\/05\/01\/as-anti-turkish-politics-grip-europe-turkish-swiss-policeman-arrested<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-brings-key-feto-suspect-from-ukraine-to-turkey-134608<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.meforum.org\/60976\/turkish-spy-agency-mit-intelligence-gathering-australia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-egypt-court\/egypt-detains-29-people-on-suspicion-of-espionage-for-turkey-idUSKBN1DM1AN<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.egypttoday.com\/Article\/1\/33764\/In-Pictures-Egypt-foils-Turkish-espionage-attempt<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-agency-brings-three-feto-members-from-gabon-to-turkey-130050<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/turkey\/turkish-intelligence-agency-rescues-a-kidnapped-italian-citizen-in-kenya-36192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20190807-libyan-national-army-turkish-intelligence-is-operating-in-tripoli\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/11\/27\/senior-feto-figure-captured-by-turkish-intelligence-in-sudan\/amp<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/07\/turkish-diplomats-have-extensively-spied-on-critics-in-the-united-states\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/1101683.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intel-returns-wanted-feto-from-azerbaijan-140108<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/06\/turkish-diplomats-spy-on-erdogan-critics-in-georgia-secret-document-reveals\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2019\/04\/22\/4-pkk-terrorists-brought-to-turkey-from-iraq-in-operation-by-turkish-intelligence<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/news\/pkk-confirms-capture-two-turkish-spies-iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.presstv.com\/Detail\/2017\/08\/29\/533306\/PKK-Turkish-officers-spying-Iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.sabah.com.tr\/gundem\/2019\/07\/07\/son-dakika-teror-orgutu-pkkkcknin-sozde-baskanlik-konseyi-uyesi-diyar-garip-muhammed-etkisiz-hale-getirildi<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thedefensepost.com\/2018\/08\/15\/turkey-airstrike-pkk-sinjar-iraq\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/menafn.com\/1098975780\/Turkish-warplanes-neutralize-4-PKK-terrorists-In-Iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2019\/09\/16\/3-pkk-terrorists-neutralized-by-turkish-jets-in-northern-iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkey-neutralizes-senior-female-ypg-pkk-terrorist-150730<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/cellmate-teacher-abducted-by-turkeys-mit-from-malaysia-subjected-to-torture-in-ankara\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligences-captures-feto-suspect-in-malaysia-146188<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-mongolia-kidnapping-turkey-idUSKBN1KI03N<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/pakistan\/pakistan-admits-they-secretly-deported-turkish-family-wanted-by-erdogan-govt-4895423\/lite\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turkish_involvement_in_the_Syrian_civil_war<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/securityaffairs.co\/wordpress\/41169\/breaking-news\/finfisher-spyware-new-customers.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.business-humanrights.org\/en\/latest-news\/german-prosecutor-to-investigate-finfisher-for-allegedly-selling-spyware-used-against-journalists-and-activists-in-turkey-without-license\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.ecchr.eu\/en\/press-release\/german-prosecutor-opens-criminal-investiation-into-finfisher-for-selling-spyware-to-turkey-without-license\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reporter-ohne-grenzen.de\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/freiheitsrechte.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[60]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[61]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecchr.eu\/en\/about-us\/?L=2<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[62]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 4-5<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[63]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 6-7, page 12<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[64]<\/a> https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847361\/UK-NCP-initial-complaint-privacy-international-and-others-against-gamma-international-uk-ltd.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847362\/UK-NCP-Final-statement-complaint-Privacy-International-Gamma-International-UK-Ltd.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847364\/uk-ncp-follow-up-statement-privacy-international-gamma-international.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[65]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/privacy-international-complaint-to-uk-ncp-about-gamma-international-uk-ltd<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[66]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/finfisher-malicious-spyware-disguised-mozilla-firefox-discovered-36-countries-1233177<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[67]<\/a> https:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/home\/security-news\/finfisher-command-and-control-hubs-turn-up-in-11-new-countries\/<\/a> ; 2013.04.01 SC Magazine on FinFisher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[68]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/german-prosecutors-investigate-spyware-maker-finfisher\/a-50293812<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[69]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/2020\/unsere-strafanzeige-razzia-bei-staatstrojaner-firma-finfisher-in-muenchen\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[70]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/intelligence_privacy\/avira-lantivirus-comprato-dai-servizi-segreti-del-golfo-persico\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/blogs.mediapart.fr\/paolo-fusi\/blog\/260920\/le-hacker-militaire-qui-achete-avira<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[71]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/research\/2020\/09\/german-made-finspy-spyware-found-in-egypt-and-mac-and-linux-versions-revealed\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[72]<\/a> https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/BL-DGB-23568<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/technology\/apple\/8912714\/Apple-iTunes-flaw-allowed-government-spying-for-3-years.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/krebsonsecurity.com\/2011\/11\/apple-took-3-years-to-fix-finfisher-trojan-hole\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2012-07-25\/cyber-attacks-on-activists-traced-to-finfisher-spyware-of-gamma<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[75]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/tecnologia\/2015\/07\/12\/news\/segreti-concorrenza-e-fobie-tutti-i-punti-deboli-di-hacking-team-1.35241096<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[76]<\/a> https:\/\/citizenlab.ca\/2015\/10\/mapping-finfishers-continuing-proliferation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[77]<\/a> https:\/\/bigbrotherawards.de\/en\/2012\/technology-gamma-international<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[78]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/pdf\/gammagrouploutheannelsonwapenhandelaarspursang.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/slideum.com\/doc\/9973831\/gehele-observant-%2369--januari-2017-politie-mercenaries<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[79]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[81]<\/a> U.S. Department of Commerce, Industry and Trade Administration, \u201cCommercial News USA<\/em>\u201d, U.S. Foreign Commercial Service, Washington DC, 1979, page 38<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[82]<\/a> https:\/\/www.referenceforbusiness.com\/history2\/1\/CompuDyne-Corporation.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[83]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[84]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/hk\/0475615<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[85]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/02088610<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[86]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[87]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/01958854<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[88]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/05318642<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[89]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/06591222<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[90]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[91]<\/a> https:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/200809010266.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[92]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nti.org\/gsn\/article\/danish-man-charged-with-wmd-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[93]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[94]<\/a> Elaman AG Malans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[95]<\/a> Holger G\u00fcnther Rumscheidt Kirchberg in Tirol<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[96]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[97]<\/a> https:\/\/www.webcitation.org\/5k8f6XouC?url=http:\/\/www.zianet.com\/jpage\/Bad%20Aibling%20Station%20-%20A%20Legacy%20of%20Excellence.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/military.wikia.org\/wiki\/Bad_Aibling_Station<\/a> ; Gottfried Mayr, \u201cDas Kriegsgefangenenlager PWE No. 26: Bad Aibling 1945-1946 : Massenschicksal \u2013 Einzelschicksale\u201c, Bad Aibling: Hist. Verein Bad Aibling und Umgebung, Bald Aibling 2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[98]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[99]<\/a> James Bamford, \u201cBody of secrets: Anatomy of the ultra-secret NSA<\/em>\u201d, Anchor Books, New York, 2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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The weakness and superficiality with which Western governments (especially the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom) have allowed this software to be distributed across the planet for purely selfish calculations is unforgivable and the sign that 75 years after the end of WWII, 30 years after the end of the cold war, and the fear of nuclear conflict when nature rebels against the foolish way we are destroying it, people have crossed the line ultimate \u2013 those in which the enemy who kills does not come from outside, but from within \u2013 and is inexorable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/65-in-yuzbinleri-6335051<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/6554851.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/laik-turkiye-icin-caglayan-a-6426626<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/3-miting-3-mesaj-6462629<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/izmir-rekor-bekliyor-6495436<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/turkey-used-german-spy-software-on-opposition-politicians-and-activists\/a-43787769<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/atalayar.com\/en\/content\/turkish-spy-networks-control-opponents<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-39416954<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.birgun.net\/haber\/iddia-pelikancilar-hakan-fidan-gitsin-diyor-283382<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trthaber.com\/haber\/gundem\/iletisim-baskanligi-berat-albayrakin-gorevden-af-talebi-kabul-edilmistir-529559.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/europe\/russia-accuses-president-erdogan-s-son-law-being-linked-isis-oil-trade-a6761436.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2016\/09\/turkey-redhackers-daunt-the-erdogan-family.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/thepressproject.gr\/exclusive-wikileaks-documents-relations-erdogan-isis-oil-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.duvarenglish.com\/sport\/2020\/02\/10\/politics-in-stadiums-fenerbahce-fans-urge-minister-albayrak-to-keep-hands-off-football<\/a> ; https:\/\/odatv4.com\/fenerbahceliler-damata-karsi-ayaga-kalkti-02022031.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> Intelligence Online, \u201cHakan Fidan close to ministerial promotion<\/em>\u201d, see in 2020.11.18 Hakan Fidan Minister<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkey-launches-project-to-train-1-million-software-developers-154081<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> 2017.04.13 T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mill%C3%AE_%C4%B0stihbarat_Te%C5%9Fkil%C3%A2t%C4%B1#Leitung<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> Hakan Fidan on Nexis, pages 57-60<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/t24.com.tr\/haber\/adanada-3-tir-durduruldu-arama-yapiliyor,248707<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> 1000 colpi di mortaio, 1000 colpi di artiglieria, 50\u2019000 fucili d'assalto e 30\u2019000 munizioni per mitragliatrice \u2013 see in https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529223636\/http:\/\/www.aktifhaber.com\/devlet-sirri-denilen-mit-tirlari-ile-ilgili-tapeler-1053377h.htm#<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.haber7.com\/guncel\/haber\/1121773-mit-tirlari-neden-durduruldu<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com.tr\/haber\/mit-tirlari-boyle-durduruldu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/bianet.org\/bianet\/insan-haklari\/155519-tir-lari-durdurmakla-suclanan-13-askere-muebbet-istendi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.milliyet.com.tr\/gundem\/mit-tirlari-olayinda-yeni-gelisme-5-savci-gorevden-uzaklastirildi-1999064<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/erdogandan-canli-yayinda-can-dundara-tehdit-288885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/www.faz.net\/aktuell\/politik\/ausland\/europa\/tuerkei\/tuerkei-kampf-gegen-die-soldaten-des-lichts-12715816.html?printPagedArticle=true#pageIndex_3<\/a> ; https:\/\/taz.de\/Wie-Guelen-zum-Staatsfeind-Nr-1-wurde\/!5323191\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.sabah.com.tr\/gundem\/2021\/02\/03\/son-dakika-istihbarattaki-fetocu-generalden-bomba-itiraflar-tegmen-rutbemi-fetullah-gulen-takti<\/a> ; https:\/\/tr.sputniknews.com\/turkiye\/202001211041211454-sozcu-ilker-basbugu-cezaevine-attiran-feto-mektubunu-acikliyoruz\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.genios.de\/presse-archiv\/artikel\/FAZ\/20171111\/jagd-auf-die-guelenisten\/FR1201711115279571.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nadir.org\/nadir\/initiativ\/isku\/hintergrund\/geheimdienste\/geheim994.htm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/tuerkischer-geheimdienst-liess-erdogan-gegner-in-deutschland-ausspionieren\/12027820.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article157778863\/Erdogans-Agenten-bedrohen-Tuerken-in-Deutschland.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.derstandard.at\/story\/1397522175727\/geheimdienst-staat-tuerkei<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2020\/09\/turkey-austria-spy-nehammer-kurdish-clashes-protests-vienna.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/austria-turkey-espionage-int-idUSKBN25S4R5<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/10\/13\/world\/europe\/turkey-austria-erdogan-assassin.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/global-europe\/news\/flemish-minister-turkish-sponosred-mosque-is-nest-of-spies\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/07\/06\/influenced-by-gulenists-belgium-targets-turkish-mosques-fighting-extremism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/erdogan-critics-listed-by-turkish-embassy-in-prague-were-included-in-bogus-terrorism-probe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turk-greek-ties-strained-by-arson-row-10324<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-greece-germany-spying\/greek-police-arrest-german-on-suspicion-of-spying-idUSBRE97208820130803<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kathimerini.gr\/society\/896001\/istories-me-kataskopoys-sto-aigaio\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.larissanet.gr\/2019\/06\/21\/dikazetai-sti-rodo-kataskopos-tis-tourkias\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/ahvalnews.com\/mit\/turkish-intelligence-recruits-eu-retirees-spy-greece<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/04\/turkish-intelligence-operations-targeting-critics-in-greece-exposed-in-secret-documents\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/intelnews.org\/2016\/12\/09\/01-2023\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/more-secret-documents-confirming-vast-turkish-espionage-activities-in-greece-uncovered\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.skai.gr\/news\/greece\/dyo-syllipseis-ellinon-gia-kataskopeia-sti-rodo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-kosovo-security-turkey-idUSKBN1H70CC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/opinion\/murat-yetkin\/turkish-intelligence-unveils-secret-codes-used-before-coup-attempt-103843<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2018\/09\/turkish-teachers-detained-moldova-gulen.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/balkaninsight.com\/2018\/09\/06\/six-turkish-professors-detained-by-moldovan-secret-services-09-06-2018\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/turkeypurge.com\/turkey-spying-imams-active-also-in-norway<\/a> ; https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/turkeys-autocratic-president-erdogans-spying-profiling-expands-in-norway\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/kafila.org\/www-matthewaid-com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/report-sweden-launches-espionage-probe-into-turkish-govt-representatives\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/politics\/undiplomatic_swiss-eye-alleged-turkish-kidnapping-attempt\/43973170<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/swiss-foreign-minister-warns-turkey-against-illegal-spying-111199<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/eu-affairs\/2017\/05\/01\/as-anti-turkish-politics-grip-europe-turkish-swiss-policeman-arrested<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-brings-key-feto-suspect-from-ukraine-to-turkey-134608<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.meforum.org\/60976\/turkish-spy-agency-mit-intelligence-gathering-australia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-egypt-court\/egypt-detains-29-people-on-suspicion-of-espionage-for-turkey-idUSKBN1DM1AN<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.egypttoday.com\/Article\/1\/33764\/In-Pictures-Egypt-foils-Turkish-espionage-attempt<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-agency-brings-three-feto-members-from-gabon-to-turkey-130050<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/turkey\/turkish-intelligence-agency-rescues-a-kidnapped-italian-citizen-in-kenya-36192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20190807-libyan-national-army-turkish-intelligence-is-operating-in-tripoli\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/11\/27\/senior-feto-figure-captured-by-turkish-intelligence-in-sudan\/amp<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/07\/turkish-diplomats-have-extensively-spied-on-critics-in-the-united-states\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/1101683.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intel-returns-wanted-feto-from-azerbaijan-140108<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/06\/turkish-diplomats-spy-on-erdogan-critics-in-georgia-secret-document-reveals\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[52]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/cellmate-teacher-abducted-by-turkeys-mit-from-malaysia-subjected-to-torture-in-ankara\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligences-captures-feto-suspect-in-malaysia-146188<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-mongolia-kidnapping-turkey-idUSKBN1KI03N<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/pakistan\/pakistan-admits-they-secretly-deported-turkish-family-wanted-by-erdogan-govt-4895423\/lite\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turkish_involvement_in_the_Syrian_civil_war<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[58]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reporter-ohne-grenzen.de\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/freiheitsrechte.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[60]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[63]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 6-7, page 12<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[66]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/finfisher-malicious-spyware-disguised-mozilla-firefox-discovered-36-countries-1233177<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[67]<\/a> https:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/home\/security-news\/finfisher-command-and-control-hubs-turn-up-in-11-new-countries\/<\/a> ; 2013.04.01 SC Magazine on FinFisher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[68]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/german-prosecutors-investigate-spyware-maker-finfisher\/a-50293812<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[69]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/2020\/unsere-strafanzeige-razzia-bei-staatstrojaner-firma-finfisher-in-muenchen\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[70]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/intelligence_privacy\/avira-lantivirus-comprato-dai-servizi-segreti-del-golfo-persico\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/blogs.mediapart.fr\/paolo-fusi\/blog\/260920\/le-hacker-militaire-qui-achete-avira<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[71]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/research\/2020\/09\/german-made-finspy-spyware-found-in-egypt-and-mac-and-linux-versions-revealed\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[75]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/tecnologia\/2015\/07\/12\/news\/segreti-concorrenza-e-fobie-tutti-i-punti-deboli-di-hacking-team-1.35241096<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[76]<\/a> https:\/\/citizenlab.ca\/2015\/10\/mapping-finfishers-continuing-proliferation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[77]<\/a> https:\/\/bigbrotherawards.de\/en\/2012\/technology-gamma-international<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[78]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/pdf\/gammagrouploutheannelsonwapenhandelaarspursang.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/slideum.com\/doc\/9973831\/gehele-observant-%2369--januari-2017-politie-mercenaries<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[79]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[81]<\/a> U.S. Department of Commerce, Industry and Trade Administration, \u201cCommercial News USA<\/em>\u201d, U.S. Foreign Commercial Service, Washington DC, 1979, page 38<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[82]<\/a> https:\/\/www.referenceforbusiness.com\/history2\/1\/CompuDyne-Corporation.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[84]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/hk\/0475615<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[85]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/02088610<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[86]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[92]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nti.org\/gsn\/article\/danish-man-charged-with-wmd-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[94]<\/a> Elaman AG Malans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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In a society where the alienation of the individual from the common context has already reached worrying proportions, the software developed and sold by a small handful of criminals totally unknown to the public has enabled humanity to embark on a path of no return: one where there is nothing more true and verifiable in which each of us must doubt who is around us, and even (and even more) ourselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The weakness and superficiality with which Western governments (especially the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom) have allowed this software to be distributed across the planet for purely selfish calculations is unforgivable and the sign that 75 years after the end of WWII, 30 years after the end of the cold war, and the fear of nuclear conflict when nature rebels against the foolish way we are destroying it, people have crossed the line ultimate \u2013 those in which the enemy who kills does not come from outside, but from within \u2013 and is inexorable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/65-in-yuzbinleri-6335051<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/6554851.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/laik-turkiye-icin-caglayan-a-6426626<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/3-miting-3-mesaj-6462629<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/izmir-rekor-bekliyor-6495436<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/turkey-used-german-spy-software-on-opposition-politicians-and-activists\/a-43787769<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/atalayar.com\/en\/content\/turkish-spy-networks-control-opponents<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-39416954<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.birgun.net\/haber\/iddia-pelikancilar-hakan-fidan-gitsin-diyor-283382<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trthaber.com\/haber\/gundem\/iletisim-baskanligi-berat-albayrakin-gorevden-af-talebi-kabul-edilmistir-529559.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/europe\/russia-accuses-president-erdogan-s-son-law-being-linked-isis-oil-trade-a6761436.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2016\/09\/turkey-redhackers-daunt-the-erdogan-family.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/thepressproject.gr\/exclusive-wikileaks-documents-relations-erdogan-isis-oil-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.duvarenglish.com\/sport\/2020\/02\/10\/politics-in-stadiums-fenerbahce-fans-urge-minister-albayrak-to-keep-hands-off-football<\/a> ; https:\/\/odatv4.com\/fenerbahceliler-damata-karsi-ayaga-kalkti-02022031.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> Intelligence Online, \u201cHakan Fidan close to ministerial promotion<\/em>\u201d, see in 2020.11.18 Hakan Fidan Minister<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkey-launches-project-to-train-1-million-software-developers-154081<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> 2017.04.13 T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mill%C3%AE_%C4%B0stihbarat_Te%C5%9Fkil%C3%A2t%C4%B1#Leitung<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> Hakan Fidan on Nexis, pages 57-60<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/t24.com.tr\/haber\/adanada-3-tir-durduruldu-arama-yapiliyor,248707<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> 1000 colpi di mortaio, 1000 colpi di artiglieria, 50\u2019000 fucili d'assalto e 30\u2019000 munizioni per mitragliatrice \u2013 see in https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529223636\/http:\/\/www.aktifhaber.com\/devlet-sirri-denilen-mit-tirlari-ile-ilgili-tapeler-1053377h.htm#<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.haber7.com\/guncel\/haber\/1121773-mit-tirlari-neden-durduruldu<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com.tr\/haber\/mit-tirlari-boyle-durduruldu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/bianet.org\/bianet\/insan-haklari\/155519-tir-lari-durdurmakla-suclanan-13-askere-muebbet-istendi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.milliyet.com.tr\/gundem\/mit-tirlari-olayinda-yeni-gelisme-5-savci-gorevden-uzaklastirildi-1999064<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/erdogandan-canli-yayinda-can-dundara-tehdit-288885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/www.faz.net\/aktuell\/politik\/ausland\/europa\/tuerkei\/tuerkei-kampf-gegen-die-soldaten-des-lichts-12715816.html?printPagedArticle=true#pageIndex_3<\/a> ; https:\/\/taz.de\/Wie-Guelen-zum-Staatsfeind-Nr-1-wurde\/!5323191\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.sabah.com.tr\/gundem\/2021\/02\/03\/son-dakika-istihbarattaki-fetocu-generalden-bomba-itiraflar-tegmen-rutbemi-fetullah-gulen-takti<\/a> ; https:\/\/tr.sputniknews.com\/turkiye\/202001211041211454-sozcu-ilker-basbugu-cezaevine-attiran-feto-mektubunu-acikliyoruz\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.genios.de\/presse-archiv\/artikel\/FAZ\/20171111\/jagd-auf-die-guelenisten\/FR1201711115279571.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nadir.org\/nadir\/initiativ\/isku\/hintergrund\/geheimdienste\/geheim994.htm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/tuerkischer-geheimdienst-liess-erdogan-gegner-in-deutschland-ausspionieren\/12027820.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article157778863\/Erdogans-Agenten-bedrohen-Tuerken-in-Deutschland.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.derstandard.at\/story\/1397522175727\/geheimdienst-staat-tuerkei<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2020\/09\/turkey-austria-spy-nehammer-kurdish-clashes-protests-vienna.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/austria-turkey-espionage-int-idUSKBN25S4R5<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/10\/13\/world\/europe\/turkey-austria-erdogan-assassin.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/global-europe\/news\/flemish-minister-turkish-sponosred-mosque-is-nest-of-spies\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/07\/06\/influenced-by-gulenists-belgium-targets-turkish-mosques-fighting-extremism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/erdogan-critics-listed-by-turkish-embassy-in-prague-were-included-in-bogus-terrorism-probe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turk-greek-ties-strained-by-arson-row-10324<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-greece-germany-spying\/greek-police-arrest-german-on-suspicion-of-spying-idUSBRE97208820130803<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kathimerini.gr\/society\/896001\/istories-me-kataskopoys-sto-aigaio\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.larissanet.gr\/2019\/06\/21\/dikazetai-sti-rodo-kataskopos-tis-tourkias\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/ahvalnews.com\/mit\/turkish-intelligence-recruits-eu-retirees-spy-greece<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/04\/turkish-intelligence-operations-targeting-critics-in-greece-exposed-in-secret-documents\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/intelnews.org\/2016\/12\/09\/01-2023\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/more-secret-documents-confirming-vast-turkish-espionage-activities-in-greece-uncovered\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.skai.gr\/news\/greece\/dyo-syllipseis-ellinon-gia-kataskopeia-sti-rodo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-kosovo-security-turkey-idUSKBN1H70CC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/opinion\/murat-yetkin\/turkish-intelligence-unveils-secret-codes-used-before-coup-attempt-103843<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2018\/09\/turkish-teachers-detained-moldova-gulen.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/balkaninsight.com\/2018\/09\/06\/six-turkish-professors-detained-by-moldovan-secret-services-09-06-2018\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/turkeypurge.com\/turkey-spying-imams-active-also-in-norway<\/a> ; https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/turkeys-autocratic-president-erdogans-spying-profiling-expands-in-norway\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/kafila.org\/www-matthewaid-com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/report-sweden-launches-espionage-probe-into-turkish-govt-representatives\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/politics\/undiplomatic_swiss-eye-alleged-turkish-kidnapping-attempt\/43973170<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/swiss-foreign-minister-warns-turkey-against-illegal-spying-111199<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/eu-affairs\/2017\/05\/01\/as-anti-turkish-politics-grip-europe-turkish-swiss-policeman-arrested<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-brings-key-feto-suspect-from-ukraine-to-turkey-134608<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.meforum.org\/60976\/turkish-spy-agency-mit-intelligence-gathering-australia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-egypt-court\/egypt-detains-29-people-on-suspicion-of-espionage-for-turkey-idUSKBN1DM1AN<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.egypttoday.com\/Article\/1\/33764\/In-Pictures-Egypt-foils-Turkish-espionage-attempt<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-agency-brings-three-feto-members-from-gabon-to-turkey-130050<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/turkey\/turkish-intelligence-agency-rescues-a-kidnapped-italian-citizen-in-kenya-36192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20190807-libyan-national-army-turkish-intelligence-is-operating-in-tripoli\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/11\/27\/senior-feto-figure-captured-by-turkish-intelligence-in-sudan\/amp<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/07\/turkish-diplomats-have-extensively-spied-on-critics-in-the-united-states\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/1101683.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intel-returns-wanted-feto-from-azerbaijan-140108<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/06\/turkish-diplomats-spy-on-erdogan-critics-in-georgia-secret-document-reveals\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2019\/04\/22\/4-pkk-terrorists-brought-to-turkey-from-iraq-in-operation-by-turkish-intelligence<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/news\/pkk-confirms-capture-two-turkish-spies-iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.presstv.com\/Detail\/2017\/08\/29\/533306\/PKK-Turkish-officers-spying-Iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.sabah.com.tr\/gundem\/2019\/07\/07\/son-dakika-teror-orgutu-pkkkcknin-sozde-baskanlik-konseyi-uyesi-diyar-garip-muhammed-etkisiz-hale-getirildi<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thedefensepost.com\/2018\/08\/15\/turkey-airstrike-pkk-sinjar-iraq\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/menafn.com\/1098975780\/Turkish-warplanes-neutralize-4-PKK-terrorists-In-Iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2019\/09\/16\/3-pkk-terrorists-neutralized-by-turkish-jets-in-northern-iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkey-neutralizes-senior-female-ypg-pkk-terrorist-150730<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/cellmate-teacher-abducted-by-turkeys-mit-from-malaysia-subjected-to-torture-in-ankara\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligences-captures-feto-suspect-in-malaysia-146188<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-mongolia-kidnapping-turkey-idUSKBN1KI03N<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/pakistan\/pakistan-admits-they-secretly-deported-turkish-family-wanted-by-erdogan-govt-4895423\/lite\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turkish_involvement_in_the_Syrian_civil_war<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/securityaffairs.co\/wordpress\/41169\/breaking-news\/finfisher-spyware-new-customers.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.business-humanrights.org\/en\/latest-news\/german-prosecutor-to-investigate-finfisher-for-allegedly-selling-spyware-used-against-journalists-and-activists-in-turkey-without-license\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.ecchr.eu\/en\/press-release\/german-prosecutor-opens-criminal-investiation-into-finfisher-for-selling-spyware-to-turkey-without-license\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reporter-ohne-grenzen.de\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/freiheitsrechte.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[60]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[61]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecchr.eu\/en\/about-us\/?L=2<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[62]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 4-5<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[63]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 6-7, page 12<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[64]<\/a> https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847361\/UK-NCP-initial-complaint-privacy-international-and-others-against-gamma-international-uk-ltd.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847362\/UK-NCP-Final-statement-complaint-Privacy-International-Gamma-International-UK-Ltd.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847364\/uk-ncp-follow-up-statement-privacy-international-gamma-international.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[65]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/privacy-international-complaint-to-uk-ncp-about-gamma-international-uk-ltd<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[66]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/finfisher-malicious-spyware-disguised-mozilla-firefox-discovered-36-countries-1233177<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[67]<\/a> https:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/home\/security-news\/finfisher-command-and-control-hubs-turn-up-in-11-new-countries\/<\/a> ; 2013.04.01 SC Magazine on FinFisher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[68]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/german-prosecutors-investigate-spyware-maker-finfisher\/a-50293812<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[69]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/2020\/unsere-strafanzeige-razzia-bei-staatstrojaner-firma-finfisher-in-muenchen\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[70]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/intelligence_privacy\/avira-lantivirus-comprato-dai-servizi-segreti-del-golfo-persico\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/blogs.mediapart.fr\/paolo-fusi\/blog\/260920\/le-hacker-militaire-qui-achete-avira<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[71]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/research\/2020\/09\/german-made-finspy-spyware-found-in-egypt-and-mac-and-linux-versions-revealed\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[72]<\/a> https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/BL-DGB-23568<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/technology\/apple\/8912714\/Apple-iTunes-flaw-allowed-government-spying-for-3-years.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/krebsonsecurity.com\/2011\/11\/apple-took-3-years-to-fix-finfisher-trojan-hole\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2012-07-25\/cyber-attacks-on-activists-traced-to-finfisher-spyware-of-gamma<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[75]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/tecnologia\/2015\/07\/12\/news\/segreti-concorrenza-e-fobie-tutti-i-punti-deboli-di-hacking-team-1.35241096<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[76]<\/a> https:\/\/citizenlab.ca\/2015\/10\/mapping-finfishers-continuing-proliferation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[77]<\/a> https:\/\/bigbrotherawards.de\/en\/2012\/technology-gamma-international<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[78]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/pdf\/gammagrouploutheannelsonwapenhandelaarspursang.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/slideum.com\/doc\/9973831\/gehele-observant-%2369--januari-2017-politie-mercenaries<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[79]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[81]<\/a> U.S. Department of Commerce, Industry and Trade Administration, \u201cCommercial News USA<\/em>\u201d, U.S. Foreign Commercial Service, Washington DC, 1979, page 38<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[82]<\/a> https:\/\/www.referenceforbusiness.com\/history2\/1\/CompuDyne-Corporation.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[83]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[84]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/hk\/0475615<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[85]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/02088610<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[86]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[87]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/01958854<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[88]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/05318642<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[89]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/06591222<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[90]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[91]<\/a> https:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/200809010266.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[92]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nti.org\/gsn\/article\/danish-man-charged-with-wmd-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[93]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[94]<\/a> Elaman AG Malans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[95]<\/a> Holger G\u00fcnther Rumscheidt Kirchberg in Tirol<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[96]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[97]<\/a> https:\/\/www.webcitation.org\/5k8f6XouC?url=http:\/\/www.zianet.com\/jpage\/Bad%20Aibling%20Station%20-%20A%20Legacy%20of%20Excellence.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/military.wikia.org\/wiki\/Bad_Aibling_Station<\/a> ; Gottfried Mayr, \u201cDas Kriegsgefangenenlager PWE No. 26: Bad Aibling 1945-1946 : Massenschicksal \u2013 Einzelschicksale\u201c, Bad Aibling: Hist. Verein Bad Aibling und Umgebung, Bald Aibling 2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[98]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[99]<\/a> James Bamford, \u201cBody of secrets: Anatomy of the ultra-secret NSA<\/em>\u201d, Anchor Books, New York, 2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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However, that does not change the substance of things. Today, February 2021, the government and its intelligence agencies in at least 40 countries around the world, the vast majority of which are ruled by dictatorships, have in their hands software that not only goes beyond doomsday scenarios. described by George Orwell, but also from \"Brazil\" by Terry Gilliam: Now, a regime no longer needs to discover that someone is preparing a plot to isolate, torture, condemn and exterminate them. The state can create evidence with the click of a computer, using software that in a thousandth of a second will doom each one of us and implicate each of our loved ones in our destruction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a society where the alienation of the individual from the common context has already reached worrying proportions, the software developed and sold by a small handful of criminals totally unknown to the public has enabled humanity to embark on a path of no return: one where there is nothing more true and verifiable in which each of us must doubt who is around us, and even (and even more) ourselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The weakness and superficiality with which Western governments (especially the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom) have allowed this software to be distributed across the planet for purely selfish calculations is unforgivable and the sign that 75 years after the end of WWII, 30 years after the end of the cold war, and the fear of nuclear conflict when nature rebels against the foolish way we are destroying it, people have crossed the line ultimate \u2013 those in which the enemy who kills does not come from outside, but from within \u2013 and is inexorable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/65-in-yuzbinleri-6335051<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/6554851.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/laik-turkiye-icin-caglayan-a-6426626<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/3-miting-3-mesaj-6462629<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/izmir-rekor-bekliyor-6495436<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/turkey-used-german-spy-software-on-opposition-politicians-and-activists\/a-43787769<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/atalayar.com\/en\/content\/turkish-spy-networks-control-opponents<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-39416954<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.birgun.net\/haber\/iddia-pelikancilar-hakan-fidan-gitsin-diyor-283382<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trthaber.com\/haber\/gundem\/iletisim-baskanligi-berat-albayrakin-gorevden-af-talebi-kabul-edilmistir-529559.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/europe\/russia-accuses-president-erdogan-s-son-law-being-linked-isis-oil-trade-a6761436.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2016\/09\/turkey-redhackers-daunt-the-erdogan-family.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/thepressproject.gr\/exclusive-wikileaks-documents-relations-erdogan-isis-oil-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.duvarenglish.com\/sport\/2020\/02\/10\/politics-in-stadiums-fenerbahce-fans-urge-minister-albayrak-to-keep-hands-off-football<\/a> ; https:\/\/odatv4.com\/fenerbahceliler-damata-karsi-ayaga-kalkti-02022031.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> Intelligence Online, \u201cHakan Fidan close to ministerial promotion<\/em>\u201d, see in 2020.11.18 Hakan Fidan Minister<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkey-launches-project-to-train-1-million-software-developers-154081<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> 2017.04.13 T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mill%C3%AE_%C4%B0stihbarat_Te%C5%9Fkil%C3%A2t%C4%B1#Leitung<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> Hakan Fidan on Nexis, pages 57-60<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/t24.com.tr\/haber\/adanada-3-tir-durduruldu-arama-yapiliyor,248707<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> 1000 colpi di mortaio, 1000 colpi di artiglieria, 50\u2019000 fucili d'assalto e 30\u2019000 munizioni per mitragliatrice \u2013 see in https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529223636\/http:\/\/www.aktifhaber.com\/devlet-sirri-denilen-mit-tirlari-ile-ilgili-tapeler-1053377h.htm#<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.haber7.com\/guncel\/haber\/1121773-mit-tirlari-neden-durduruldu<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com.tr\/haber\/mit-tirlari-boyle-durduruldu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/bianet.org\/bianet\/insan-haklari\/155519-tir-lari-durdurmakla-suclanan-13-askere-muebbet-istendi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.milliyet.com.tr\/gundem\/mit-tirlari-olayinda-yeni-gelisme-5-savci-gorevden-uzaklastirildi-1999064<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/erdogandan-canli-yayinda-can-dundara-tehdit-288885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/www.faz.net\/aktuell\/politik\/ausland\/europa\/tuerkei\/tuerkei-kampf-gegen-die-soldaten-des-lichts-12715816.html?printPagedArticle=true#pageIndex_3<\/a> ; https:\/\/taz.de\/Wie-Guelen-zum-Staatsfeind-Nr-1-wurde\/!5323191\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.sabah.com.tr\/gundem\/2021\/02\/03\/son-dakika-istihbarattaki-fetocu-generalden-bomba-itiraflar-tegmen-rutbemi-fetullah-gulen-takti<\/a> ; https:\/\/tr.sputniknews.com\/turkiye\/202001211041211454-sozcu-ilker-basbugu-cezaevine-attiran-feto-mektubunu-acikliyoruz\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.genios.de\/presse-archiv\/artikel\/FAZ\/20171111\/jagd-auf-die-guelenisten\/FR1201711115279571.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nadir.org\/nadir\/initiativ\/isku\/hintergrund\/geheimdienste\/geheim994.htm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/tuerkischer-geheimdienst-liess-erdogan-gegner-in-deutschland-ausspionieren\/12027820.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article157778863\/Erdogans-Agenten-bedrohen-Tuerken-in-Deutschland.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.derstandard.at\/story\/1397522175727\/geheimdienst-staat-tuerkei<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2020\/09\/turkey-austria-spy-nehammer-kurdish-clashes-protests-vienna.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/austria-turkey-espionage-int-idUSKBN25S4R5<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/10\/13\/world\/europe\/turkey-austria-erdogan-assassin.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/global-europe\/news\/flemish-minister-turkish-sponosred-mosque-is-nest-of-spies\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/07\/06\/influenced-by-gulenists-belgium-targets-turkish-mosques-fighting-extremism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/erdogan-critics-listed-by-turkish-embassy-in-prague-were-included-in-bogus-terrorism-probe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turk-greek-ties-strained-by-arson-row-10324<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-greece-germany-spying\/greek-police-arrest-german-on-suspicion-of-spying-idUSBRE97208820130803<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kathimerini.gr\/society\/896001\/istories-me-kataskopoys-sto-aigaio\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.larissanet.gr\/2019\/06\/21\/dikazetai-sti-rodo-kataskopos-tis-tourkias\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/ahvalnews.com\/mit\/turkish-intelligence-recruits-eu-retirees-spy-greece<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/04\/turkish-intelligence-operations-targeting-critics-in-greece-exposed-in-secret-documents\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/intelnews.org\/2016\/12\/09\/01-2023\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/more-secret-documents-confirming-vast-turkish-espionage-activities-in-greece-uncovered\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.skai.gr\/news\/greece\/dyo-syllipseis-ellinon-gia-kataskopeia-sti-rodo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-kosovo-security-turkey-idUSKBN1H70CC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/opinion\/murat-yetkin\/turkish-intelligence-unveils-secret-codes-used-before-coup-attempt-103843<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2018\/09\/turkish-teachers-detained-moldova-gulen.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/balkaninsight.com\/2018\/09\/06\/six-turkish-professors-detained-by-moldovan-secret-services-09-06-2018\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/turkeypurge.com\/turkey-spying-imams-active-also-in-norway<\/a> ; https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/turkeys-autocratic-president-erdogans-spying-profiling-expands-in-norway\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/kafila.org\/www-matthewaid-com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/report-sweden-launches-espionage-probe-into-turkish-govt-representatives\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/politics\/undiplomatic_swiss-eye-alleged-turkish-kidnapping-attempt\/43973170<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/swiss-foreign-minister-warns-turkey-against-illegal-spying-111199<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/eu-affairs\/2017\/05\/01\/as-anti-turkish-politics-grip-europe-turkish-swiss-policeman-arrested<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-brings-key-feto-suspect-from-ukraine-to-turkey-134608<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.meforum.org\/60976\/turkish-spy-agency-mit-intelligence-gathering-australia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-egypt-court\/egypt-detains-29-people-on-suspicion-of-espionage-for-turkey-idUSKBN1DM1AN<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.egypttoday.com\/Article\/1\/33764\/In-Pictures-Egypt-foils-Turkish-espionage-attempt<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-agency-brings-three-feto-members-from-gabon-to-turkey-130050<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/turkey\/turkish-intelligence-agency-rescues-a-kidnapped-italian-citizen-in-kenya-36192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20190807-libyan-national-army-turkish-intelligence-is-operating-in-tripoli\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/11\/27\/senior-feto-figure-captured-by-turkish-intelligence-in-sudan\/amp<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/07\/turkish-diplomats-have-extensively-spied-on-critics-in-the-united-states\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/1101683.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intel-returns-wanted-feto-from-azerbaijan-140108<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/06\/turkish-diplomats-spy-on-erdogan-critics-in-georgia-secret-document-reveals\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[52]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/cellmate-teacher-abducted-by-turkeys-mit-from-malaysia-subjected-to-torture-in-ankara\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligences-captures-feto-suspect-in-malaysia-146188<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-mongolia-kidnapping-turkey-idUSKBN1KI03N<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/pakistan\/pakistan-admits-they-secretly-deported-turkish-family-wanted-by-erdogan-govt-4895423\/lite\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turkish_involvement_in_the_Syrian_civil_war<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[58]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reporter-ohne-grenzen.de\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/freiheitsrechte.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[60]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[63]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 6-7, page 12<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[66]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/finfisher-malicious-spyware-disguised-mozilla-firefox-discovered-36-countries-1233177<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[67]<\/a> https:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/home\/security-news\/finfisher-command-and-control-hubs-turn-up-in-11-new-countries\/<\/a> ; 2013.04.01 SC Magazine on FinFisher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[68]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/german-prosecutors-investigate-spyware-maker-finfisher\/a-50293812<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[69]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/2020\/unsere-strafanzeige-razzia-bei-staatstrojaner-firma-finfisher-in-muenchen\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[70]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/intelligence_privacy\/avira-lantivirus-comprato-dai-servizi-segreti-del-golfo-persico\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/blogs.mediapart.fr\/paolo-fusi\/blog\/260920\/le-hacker-militaire-qui-achete-avira<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[71]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/research\/2020\/09\/german-made-finspy-spyware-found-in-egypt-and-mac-and-linux-versions-revealed\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[75]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/tecnologia\/2015\/07\/12\/news\/segreti-concorrenza-e-fobie-tutti-i-punti-deboli-di-hacking-team-1.35241096<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[76]<\/a> https:\/\/citizenlab.ca\/2015\/10\/mapping-finfishers-continuing-proliferation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[77]<\/a> https:\/\/bigbrotherawards.de\/en\/2012\/technology-gamma-international<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[78]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/pdf\/gammagrouploutheannelsonwapenhandelaarspursang.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/slideum.com\/doc\/9973831\/gehele-observant-%2369--januari-2017-politie-mercenaries<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[79]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[81]<\/a> U.S. Department of Commerce, Industry and Trade Administration, \u201cCommercial News USA<\/em>\u201d, U.S. Foreign Commercial Service, Washington DC, 1979, page 38<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[82]<\/a> https:\/\/www.referenceforbusiness.com\/history2\/1\/CompuDyne-Corporation.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[84]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/hk\/0475615<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[85]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/02088610<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[86]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[92]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nti.org\/gsn\/article\/danish-man-charged-with-wmd-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[94]<\/a> Elaman AG Malans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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April 14, 2007: Over a million peaceful citizens protest against the abolition of freedom and against a regime that has turned their homeland into a hell of oppression, violence and misery. An exciting scene of humanity that could hardly be repeated<\/sub><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, that does not change the substance of things. Today, February 2021, the government and its intelligence agencies in at least 40 countries around the world, the vast majority of which are ruled by dictatorships, have in their hands software that not only goes beyond doomsday scenarios. described by George Orwell, but also from \"Brazil\" by Terry Gilliam: Now, a regime no longer needs to discover that someone is preparing a plot to isolate, torture, condemn and exterminate them. The state can create evidence with the click of a computer, using software that in a thousandth of a second will doom each one of us and implicate each of our loved ones in our destruction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a society where the alienation of the individual from the common context has already reached worrying proportions, the software developed and sold by a small handful of criminals totally unknown to the public has enabled humanity to embark on a path of no return: one where there is nothing more true and verifiable in which each of us must doubt who is around us, and even (and even more) ourselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The weakness and superficiality with which Western governments (especially the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom) have allowed this software to be distributed across the planet for purely selfish calculations is unforgivable and the sign that 75 years after the end of WWII, 30 years after the end of the cold war, and the fear of nuclear conflict when nature rebels against the foolish way we are destroying it, people have crossed the line ultimate \u2013 those in which the enemy who kills does not come from outside, but from within \u2013 and is inexorable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/65-in-yuzbinleri-6335051<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/6554851.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/laik-turkiye-icin-caglayan-a-6426626<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/3-miting-3-mesaj-6462629<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/izmir-rekor-bekliyor-6495436<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/turkey-used-german-spy-software-on-opposition-politicians-and-activists\/a-43787769<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/atalayar.com\/en\/content\/turkish-spy-networks-control-opponents<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-39416954<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.birgun.net\/haber\/iddia-pelikancilar-hakan-fidan-gitsin-diyor-283382<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trthaber.com\/haber\/gundem\/iletisim-baskanligi-berat-albayrakin-gorevden-af-talebi-kabul-edilmistir-529559.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/europe\/russia-accuses-president-erdogan-s-son-law-being-linked-isis-oil-trade-a6761436.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2016\/09\/turkey-redhackers-daunt-the-erdogan-family.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/thepressproject.gr\/exclusive-wikileaks-documents-relations-erdogan-isis-oil-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.duvarenglish.com\/sport\/2020\/02\/10\/politics-in-stadiums-fenerbahce-fans-urge-minister-albayrak-to-keep-hands-off-football<\/a> ; https:\/\/odatv4.com\/fenerbahceliler-damata-karsi-ayaga-kalkti-02022031.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> Intelligence Online, \u201cHakan Fidan close to ministerial promotion<\/em>\u201d, see in 2020.11.18 Hakan Fidan Minister<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkey-launches-project-to-train-1-million-software-developers-154081<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> 2017.04.13 T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mill%C3%AE_%C4%B0stihbarat_Te%C5%9Fkil%C3%A2t%C4%B1#Leitung<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> Hakan Fidan on Nexis, pages 57-60<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/t24.com.tr\/haber\/adanada-3-tir-durduruldu-arama-yapiliyor,248707<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> 1000 colpi di mortaio, 1000 colpi di artiglieria, 50\u2019000 fucili d'assalto e 30\u2019000 munizioni per mitragliatrice \u2013 see in https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529223636\/http:\/\/www.aktifhaber.com\/devlet-sirri-denilen-mit-tirlari-ile-ilgili-tapeler-1053377h.htm#<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.haber7.com\/guncel\/haber\/1121773-mit-tirlari-neden-durduruldu<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com.tr\/haber\/mit-tirlari-boyle-durduruldu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/bianet.org\/bianet\/insan-haklari\/155519-tir-lari-durdurmakla-suclanan-13-askere-muebbet-istendi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.milliyet.com.tr\/gundem\/mit-tirlari-olayinda-yeni-gelisme-5-savci-gorevden-uzaklastirildi-1999064<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/erdogandan-canli-yayinda-can-dundara-tehdit-288885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/www.faz.net\/aktuell\/politik\/ausland\/europa\/tuerkei\/tuerkei-kampf-gegen-die-soldaten-des-lichts-12715816.html?printPagedArticle=true#pageIndex_3<\/a> ; https:\/\/taz.de\/Wie-Guelen-zum-Staatsfeind-Nr-1-wurde\/!5323191\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.sabah.com.tr\/gundem\/2021\/02\/03\/son-dakika-istihbarattaki-fetocu-generalden-bomba-itiraflar-tegmen-rutbemi-fetullah-gulen-takti<\/a> ; https:\/\/tr.sputniknews.com\/turkiye\/202001211041211454-sozcu-ilker-basbugu-cezaevine-attiran-feto-mektubunu-acikliyoruz\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.genios.de\/presse-archiv\/artikel\/FAZ\/20171111\/jagd-auf-die-guelenisten\/FR1201711115279571.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nadir.org\/nadir\/initiativ\/isku\/hintergrund\/geheimdienste\/geheim994.htm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/tuerkischer-geheimdienst-liess-erdogan-gegner-in-deutschland-ausspionieren\/12027820.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article157778863\/Erdogans-Agenten-bedrohen-Tuerken-in-Deutschland.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.derstandard.at\/story\/1397522175727\/geheimdienst-staat-tuerkei<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2020\/09\/turkey-austria-spy-nehammer-kurdish-clashes-protests-vienna.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/austria-turkey-espionage-int-idUSKBN25S4R5<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/10\/13\/world\/europe\/turkey-austria-erdogan-assassin.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/global-europe\/news\/flemish-minister-turkish-sponosred-mosque-is-nest-of-spies\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/07\/06\/influenced-by-gulenists-belgium-targets-turkish-mosques-fighting-extremism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/erdogan-critics-listed-by-turkish-embassy-in-prague-were-included-in-bogus-terrorism-probe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turk-greek-ties-strained-by-arson-row-10324<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-greece-germany-spying\/greek-police-arrest-german-on-suspicion-of-spying-idUSBRE97208820130803<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kathimerini.gr\/society\/896001\/istories-me-kataskopoys-sto-aigaio\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.larissanet.gr\/2019\/06\/21\/dikazetai-sti-rodo-kataskopos-tis-tourkias\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/ahvalnews.com\/mit\/turkish-intelligence-recruits-eu-retirees-spy-greece<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/04\/turkish-intelligence-operations-targeting-critics-in-greece-exposed-in-secret-documents\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/intelnews.org\/2016\/12\/09\/01-2023\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/more-secret-documents-confirming-vast-turkish-espionage-activities-in-greece-uncovered\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.skai.gr\/news\/greece\/dyo-syllipseis-ellinon-gia-kataskopeia-sti-rodo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-kosovo-security-turkey-idUSKBN1H70CC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/opinion\/murat-yetkin\/turkish-intelligence-unveils-secret-codes-used-before-coup-attempt-103843<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2018\/09\/turkish-teachers-detained-moldova-gulen.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/balkaninsight.com\/2018\/09\/06\/six-turkish-professors-detained-by-moldovan-secret-services-09-06-2018\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/turkeypurge.com\/turkey-spying-imams-active-also-in-norway<\/a> ; https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/turkeys-autocratic-president-erdogans-spying-profiling-expands-in-norway\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/kafila.org\/www-matthewaid-com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/report-sweden-launches-espionage-probe-into-turkish-govt-representatives\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/politics\/undiplomatic_swiss-eye-alleged-turkish-kidnapping-attempt\/43973170<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/swiss-foreign-minister-warns-turkey-against-illegal-spying-111199<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/eu-affairs\/2017\/05\/01\/as-anti-turkish-politics-grip-europe-turkish-swiss-policeman-arrested<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-brings-key-feto-suspect-from-ukraine-to-turkey-134608<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.meforum.org\/60976\/turkish-spy-agency-mit-intelligence-gathering-australia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-egypt-court\/egypt-detains-29-people-on-suspicion-of-espionage-for-turkey-idUSKBN1DM1AN<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.egypttoday.com\/Article\/1\/33764\/In-Pictures-Egypt-foils-Turkish-espionage-attempt<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-agency-brings-three-feto-members-from-gabon-to-turkey-130050<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/turkey\/turkish-intelligence-agency-rescues-a-kidnapped-italian-citizen-in-kenya-36192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20190807-libyan-national-army-turkish-intelligence-is-operating-in-tripoli\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/11\/27\/senior-feto-figure-captured-by-turkish-intelligence-in-sudan\/amp<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/07\/turkish-diplomats-have-extensively-spied-on-critics-in-the-united-states\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/1101683.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intel-returns-wanted-feto-from-azerbaijan-140108<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/06\/turkish-diplomats-spy-on-erdogan-critics-in-georgia-secret-document-reveals\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2019\/04\/22\/4-pkk-terrorists-brought-to-turkey-from-iraq-in-operation-by-turkish-intelligence<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/news\/pkk-confirms-capture-two-turkish-spies-iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.presstv.com\/Detail\/2017\/08\/29\/533306\/PKK-Turkish-officers-spying-Iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.sabah.com.tr\/gundem\/2019\/07\/07\/son-dakika-teror-orgutu-pkkkcknin-sozde-baskanlik-konseyi-uyesi-diyar-garip-muhammed-etkisiz-hale-getirildi<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thedefensepost.com\/2018\/08\/15\/turkey-airstrike-pkk-sinjar-iraq\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/menafn.com\/1098975780\/Turkish-warplanes-neutralize-4-PKK-terrorists-In-Iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2019\/09\/16\/3-pkk-terrorists-neutralized-by-turkish-jets-in-northern-iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkey-neutralizes-senior-female-ypg-pkk-terrorist-150730<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/cellmate-teacher-abducted-by-turkeys-mit-from-malaysia-subjected-to-torture-in-ankara\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligences-captures-feto-suspect-in-malaysia-146188<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-mongolia-kidnapping-turkey-idUSKBN1KI03N<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/pakistan\/pakistan-admits-they-secretly-deported-turkish-family-wanted-by-erdogan-govt-4895423\/lite\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turkish_involvement_in_the_Syrian_civil_war<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/securityaffairs.co\/wordpress\/41169\/breaking-news\/finfisher-spyware-new-customers.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.business-humanrights.org\/en\/latest-news\/german-prosecutor-to-investigate-finfisher-for-allegedly-selling-spyware-used-against-journalists-and-activists-in-turkey-without-license\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.ecchr.eu\/en\/press-release\/german-prosecutor-opens-criminal-investiation-into-finfisher-for-selling-spyware-to-turkey-without-license\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reporter-ohne-grenzen.de\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/freiheitsrechte.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[60]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[61]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecchr.eu\/en\/about-us\/?L=2<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[62]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 4-5<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[63]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 6-7, page 12<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[64]<\/a> https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847361\/UK-NCP-initial-complaint-privacy-international-and-others-against-gamma-international-uk-ltd.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847362\/UK-NCP-Final-statement-complaint-Privacy-International-Gamma-International-UK-Ltd.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847364\/uk-ncp-follow-up-statement-privacy-international-gamma-international.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[65]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/privacy-international-complaint-to-uk-ncp-about-gamma-international-uk-ltd<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[66]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/finfisher-malicious-spyware-disguised-mozilla-firefox-discovered-36-countries-1233177<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[67]<\/a> https:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/home\/security-news\/finfisher-command-and-control-hubs-turn-up-in-11-new-countries\/<\/a> ; 2013.04.01 SC Magazine on FinFisher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[68]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/german-prosecutors-investigate-spyware-maker-finfisher\/a-50293812<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[69]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/2020\/unsere-strafanzeige-razzia-bei-staatstrojaner-firma-finfisher-in-muenchen\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[70]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/intelligence_privacy\/avira-lantivirus-comprato-dai-servizi-segreti-del-golfo-persico\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/blogs.mediapart.fr\/paolo-fusi\/blog\/260920\/le-hacker-militaire-qui-achete-avira<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[71]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/research\/2020\/09\/german-made-finspy-spyware-found-in-egypt-and-mac-and-linux-versions-revealed\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[72]<\/a> https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/BL-DGB-23568<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/technology\/apple\/8912714\/Apple-iTunes-flaw-allowed-government-spying-for-3-years.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/krebsonsecurity.com\/2011\/11\/apple-took-3-years-to-fix-finfisher-trojan-hole\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2012-07-25\/cyber-attacks-on-activists-traced-to-finfisher-spyware-of-gamma<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[75]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/tecnologia\/2015\/07\/12\/news\/segreti-concorrenza-e-fobie-tutti-i-punti-deboli-di-hacking-team-1.35241096<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[76]<\/a> https:\/\/citizenlab.ca\/2015\/10\/mapping-finfishers-continuing-proliferation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[77]<\/a> https:\/\/bigbrotherawards.de\/en\/2012\/technology-gamma-international<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[78]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/pdf\/gammagrouploutheannelsonwapenhandelaarspursang.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/slideum.com\/doc\/9973831\/gehele-observant-%2369--januari-2017-politie-mercenaries<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[79]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[81]<\/a> U.S. Department of Commerce, Industry and Trade Administration, \u201cCommercial News USA<\/em>\u201d, U.S. Foreign Commercial Service, Washington DC, 1979, page 38<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[82]<\/a> https:\/\/www.referenceforbusiness.com\/history2\/1\/CompuDyne-Corporation.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[83]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[84]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/hk\/0475615<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[85]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/02088610<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[86]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[87]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/01958854<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[88]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/05318642<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[89]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/06591222<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[90]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[91]<\/a> https:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/200809010266.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[92]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nti.org\/gsn\/article\/danish-man-charged-with-wmd-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[93]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[94]<\/a> Elaman AG Malans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[95]<\/a> Holger G\u00fcnther Rumscheidt Kirchberg in Tirol<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[96]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[97]<\/a> https:\/\/www.webcitation.org\/5k8f6XouC?url=http:\/\/www.zianet.com\/jpage\/Bad%20Aibling%20Station%20-%20A%20Legacy%20of%20Excellence.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/military.wikia.org\/wiki\/Bad_Aibling_Station<\/a> ; Gottfried Mayr, \u201cDas Kriegsgefangenenlager PWE No. 26: Bad Aibling 1945-1946 : Massenschicksal \u2013 Einzelschicksale\u201c, Bad Aibling: Hist. Verein Bad Aibling und Umgebung, Bald Aibling 2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[98]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[99]<\/a> James Bamford, \u201cBody of secrets: Anatomy of the ultra-secret NSA<\/em>\u201d, Anchor Books, New York, 2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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April 14, 2007: Over a million peaceful citizens protest against the abolition of freedom and against a regime that has turned their homeland into a hell of oppression, violence and misery. An exciting scene of humanity that could hardly be repeated<\/sub><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, that does not change the substance of things. Today, February 2021, the government and its intelligence agencies in at least 40 countries around the world, the vast majority of which are ruled by dictatorships, have in their hands software that not only goes beyond doomsday scenarios. described by George Orwell, but also from \"Brazil\" by Terry Gilliam: Now, a regime no longer needs to discover that someone is preparing a plot to isolate, torture, condemn and exterminate them. The state can create evidence with the click of a computer, using software that in a thousandth of a second will doom each one of us and implicate each of our loved ones in our destruction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a society where the alienation of the individual from the common context has already reached worrying proportions, the software developed and sold by a small handful of criminals totally unknown to the public has enabled humanity to embark on a path of no return: one where there is nothing more true and verifiable in which each of us must doubt who is around us, and even (and even more) ourselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The weakness and superficiality with which Western governments (especially the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom) have allowed this software to be distributed across the planet for purely selfish calculations is unforgivable and the sign that 75 years after the end of WWII, 30 years after the end of the cold war, and the fear of nuclear conflict when nature rebels against the foolish way we are destroying it, people have crossed the line ultimate \u2013 those in which the enemy who kills does not come from outside, but from within \u2013 and is inexorable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/65-in-yuzbinleri-6335051<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/6554851.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/laik-turkiye-icin-caglayan-a-6426626<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/3-miting-3-mesaj-6462629<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/izmir-rekor-bekliyor-6495436<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/turkey-used-german-spy-software-on-opposition-politicians-and-activists\/a-43787769<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/atalayar.com\/en\/content\/turkish-spy-networks-control-opponents<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-39416954<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.birgun.net\/haber\/iddia-pelikancilar-hakan-fidan-gitsin-diyor-283382<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trthaber.com\/haber\/gundem\/iletisim-baskanligi-berat-albayrakin-gorevden-af-talebi-kabul-edilmistir-529559.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/europe\/russia-accuses-president-erdogan-s-son-law-being-linked-isis-oil-trade-a6761436.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2016\/09\/turkey-redhackers-daunt-the-erdogan-family.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/thepressproject.gr\/exclusive-wikileaks-documents-relations-erdogan-isis-oil-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.duvarenglish.com\/sport\/2020\/02\/10\/politics-in-stadiums-fenerbahce-fans-urge-minister-albayrak-to-keep-hands-off-football<\/a> ; https:\/\/odatv4.com\/fenerbahceliler-damata-karsi-ayaga-kalkti-02022031.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> Intelligence Online, \u201cHakan Fidan close to ministerial promotion<\/em>\u201d, see in 2020.11.18 Hakan Fidan Minister<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkey-launches-project-to-train-1-million-software-developers-154081<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> 2017.04.13 T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mill%C3%AE_%C4%B0stihbarat_Te%C5%9Fkil%C3%A2t%C4%B1#Leitung<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> Hakan Fidan on Nexis, pages 57-60<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/t24.com.tr\/haber\/adanada-3-tir-durduruldu-arama-yapiliyor,248707<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> 1000 colpi di mortaio, 1000 colpi di artiglieria, 50\u2019000 fucili d'assalto e 30\u2019000 munizioni per mitragliatrice \u2013 see in https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529223636\/http:\/\/www.aktifhaber.com\/devlet-sirri-denilen-mit-tirlari-ile-ilgili-tapeler-1053377h.htm#<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.haber7.com\/guncel\/haber\/1121773-mit-tirlari-neden-durduruldu<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com.tr\/haber\/mit-tirlari-boyle-durduruldu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/bianet.org\/bianet\/insan-haklari\/155519-tir-lari-durdurmakla-suclanan-13-askere-muebbet-istendi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.milliyet.com.tr\/gundem\/mit-tirlari-olayinda-yeni-gelisme-5-savci-gorevden-uzaklastirildi-1999064<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/erdogandan-canli-yayinda-can-dundara-tehdit-288885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/www.faz.net\/aktuell\/politik\/ausland\/europa\/tuerkei\/tuerkei-kampf-gegen-die-soldaten-des-lichts-12715816.html?printPagedArticle=true#pageIndex_3<\/a> ; https:\/\/taz.de\/Wie-Guelen-zum-Staatsfeind-Nr-1-wurde\/!5323191\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.sabah.com.tr\/gundem\/2021\/02\/03\/son-dakika-istihbarattaki-fetocu-generalden-bomba-itiraflar-tegmen-rutbemi-fetullah-gulen-takti<\/a> ; https:\/\/tr.sputniknews.com\/turkiye\/202001211041211454-sozcu-ilker-basbugu-cezaevine-attiran-feto-mektubunu-acikliyoruz\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.genios.de\/presse-archiv\/artikel\/FAZ\/20171111\/jagd-auf-die-guelenisten\/FR1201711115279571.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nadir.org\/nadir\/initiativ\/isku\/hintergrund\/geheimdienste\/geheim994.htm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/tuerkischer-geheimdienst-liess-erdogan-gegner-in-deutschland-ausspionieren\/12027820.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article157778863\/Erdogans-Agenten-bedrohen-Tuerken-in-Deutschland.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.derstandard.at\/story\/1397522175727\/geheimdienst-staat-tuerkei<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2020\/09\/turkey-austria-spy-nehammer-kurdish-clashes-protests-vienna.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/austria-turkey-espionage-int-idUSKBN25S4R5<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/10\/13\/world\/europe\/turkey-austria-erdogan-assassin.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/global-europe\/news\/flemish-minister-turkish-sponosred-mosque-is-nest-of-spies\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/07\/06\/influenced-by-gulenists-belgium-targets-turkish-mosques-fighting-extremism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/erdogan-critics-listed-by-turkish-embassy-in-prague-were-included-in-bogus-terrorism-probe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turk-greek-ties-strained-by-arson-row-10324<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-greece-germany-spying\/greek-police-arrest-german-on-suspicion-of-spying-idUSBRE97208820130803<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kathimerini.gr\/society\/896001\/istories-me-kataskopoys-sto-aigaio\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.larissanet.gr\/2019\/06\/21\/dikazetai-sti-rodo-kataskopos-tis-tourkias\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/ahvalnews.com\/mit\/turkish-intelligence-recruits-eu-retirees-spy-greece<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/04\/turkish-intelligence-operations-targeting-critics-in-greece-exposed-in-secret-documents\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/intelnews.org\/2016\/12\/09\/01-2023\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/more-secret-documents-confirming-vast-turkish-espionage-activities-in-greece-uncovered\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.skai.gr\/news\/greece\/dyo-syllipseis-ellinon-gia-kataskopeia-sti-rodo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-kosovo-security-turkey-idUSKBN1H70CC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/opinion\/murat-yetkin\/turkish-intelligence-unveils-secret-codes-used-before-coup-attempt-103843<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2018\/09\/turkish-teachers-detained-moldova-gulen.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/balkaninsight.com\/2018\/09\/06\/six-turkish-professors-detained-by-moldovan-secret-services-09-06-2018\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/turkeypurge.com\/turkey-spying-imams-active-also-in-norway<\/a> ; https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/turkeys-autocratic-president-erdogans-spying-profiling-expands-in-norway\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/kafila.org\/www-matthewaid-com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/report-sweden-launches-espionage-probe-into-turkish-govt-representatives\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/politics\/undiplomatic_swiss-eye-alleged-turkish-kidnapping-attempt\/43973170<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/swiss-foreign-minister-warns-turkey-against-illegal-spying-111199<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/eu-affairs\/2017\/05\/01\/as-anti-turkish-politics-grip-europe-turkish-swiss-policeman-arrested<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-brings-key-feto-suspect-from-ukraine-to-turkey-134608<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.meforum.org\/60976\/turkish-spy-agency-mit-intelligence-gathering-australia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-egypt-court\/egypt-detains-29-people-on-suspicion-of-espionage-for-turkey-idUSKBN1DM1AN<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.egypttoday.com\/Article\/1\/33764\/In-Pictures-Egypt-foils-Turkish-espionage-attempt<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-agency-brings-three-feto-members-from-gabon-to-turkey-130050<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/turkey\/turkish-intelligence-agency-rescues-a-kidnapped-italian-citizen-in-kenya-36192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20190807-libyan-national-army-turkish-intelligence-is-operating-in-tripoli\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/11\/27\/senior-feto-figure-captured-by-turkish-intelligence-in-sudan\/amp<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/07\/turkish-diplomats-have-extensively-spied-on-critics-in-the-united-states\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/1101683.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intel-returns-wanted-feto-from-azerbaijan-140108<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/06\/turkish-diplomats-spy-on-erdogan-critics-in-georgia-secret-document-reveals\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[52]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/cellmate-teacher-abducted-by-turkeys-mit-from-malaysia-subjected-to-torture-in-ankara\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligences-captures-feto-suspect-in-malaysia-146188<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-mongolia-kidnapping-turkey-idUSKBN1KI03N<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/pakistan\/pakistan-admits-they-secretly-deported-turkish-family-wanted-by-erdogan-govt-4895423\/lite\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turkish_involvement_in_the_Syrian_civil_war<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[58]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reporter-ohne-grenzen.de\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/freiheitsrechte.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[60]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[63]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 6-7, page 12<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[66]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/finfisher-malicious-spyware-disguised-mozilla-firefox-discovered-36-countries-1233177<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[67]<\/a> https:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/home\/security-news\/finfisher-command-and-control-hubs-turn-up-in-11-new-countries\/<\/a> ; 2013.04.01 SC Magazine on FinFisher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[68]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/german-prosecutors-investigate-spyware-maker-finfisher\/a-50293812<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[69]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/2020\/unsere-strafanzeige-razzia-bei-staatstrojaner-firma-finfisher-in-muenchen\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[70]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/intelligence_privacy\/avira-lantivirus-comprato-dai-servizi-segreti-del-golfo-persico\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/blogs.mediapart.fr\/paolo-fusi\/blog\/260920\/le-hacker-militaire-qui-achete-avira<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[71]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/research\/2020\/09\/german-made-finspy-spyware-found-in-egypt-and-mac-and-linux-versions-revealed\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[75]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/tecnologia\/2015\/07\/12\/news\/segreti-concorrenza-e-fobie-tutti-i-punti-deboli-di-hacking-team-1.35241096<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[76]<\/a> https:\/\/citizenlab.ca\/2015\/10\/mapping-finfishers-continuing-proliferation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[77]<\/a> https:\/\/bigbrotherawards.de\/en\/2012\/technology-gamma-international<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[78]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/pdf\/gammagrouploutheannelsonwapenhandelaarspursang.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/slideum.com\/doc\/9973831\/gehele-observant-%2369--januari-2017-politie-mercenaries<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[79]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[81]<\/a> U.S. Department of Commerce, Industry and Trade Administration, \u201cCommercial News USA<\/em>\u201d, U.S. Foreign Commercial Service, Washington DC, 1979, page 38<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[82]<\/a> https:\/\/www.referenceforbusiness.com\/history2\/1\/CompuDyne-Corporation.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[84]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/hk\/0475615<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[85]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/02088610<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[86]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[92]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nti.org\/gsn\/article\/danish-man-charged-with-wmd-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[94]<\/a> Elaman AG Malans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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There is no turning back<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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April 14, 2007: Over a million peaceful citizens protest against the abolition of freedom and against a regime that has turned their homeland into a hell of oppression, violence and misery. An exciting scene of humanity that could hardly be repeated<\/sub><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, that does not change the substance of things. Today, February 2021, the government and its intelligence agencies in at least 40 countries around the world, the vast majority of which are ruled by dictatorships, have in their hands software that not only goes beyond doomsday scenarios. described by George Orwell, but also from \"Brazil\" by Terry Gilliam: Now, a regime no longer needs to discover that someone is preparing a plot to isolate, torture, condemn and exterminate them. The state can create evidence with the click of a computer, using software that in a thousandth of a second will doom each one of us and implicate each of our loved ones in our destruction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a society where the alienation of the individual from the common context has already reached worrying proportions, the software developed and sold by a small handful of criminals totally unknown to the public has enabled humanity to embark on a path of no return: one where there is nothing more true and verifiable in which each of us must doubt who is around us, and even (and even more) ourselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The weakness and superficiality with which Western governments (especially the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom) have allowed this software to be distributed across the planet for purely selfish calculations is unforgivable and the sign that 75 years after the end of WWII, 30 years after the end of the cold war, and the fear of nuclear conflict when nature rebels against the foolish way we are destroying it, people have crossed the line ultimate \u2013 those in which the enemy who kills does not come from outside, but from within \u2013 and is inexorable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/65-in-yuzbinleri-6335051<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/6554851.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/laik-turkiye-icin-caglayan-a-6426626<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/3-miting-3-mesaj-6462629<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/izmir-rekor-bekliyor-6495436<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/turkey-used-german-spy-software-on-opposition-politicians-and-activists\/a-43787769<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/atalayar.com\/en\/content\/turkish-spy-networks-control-opponents<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-39416954<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.birgun.net\/haber\/iddia-pelikancilar-hakan-fidan-gitsin-diyor-283382<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trthaber.com\/haber\/gundem\/iletisim-baskanligi-berat-albayrakin-gorevden-af-talebi-kabul-edilmistir-529559.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/europe\/russia-accuses-president-erdogan-s-son-law-being-linked-isis-oil-trade-a6761436.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2016\/09\/turkey-redhackers-daunt-the-erdogan-family.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/thepressproject.gr\/exclusive-wikileaks-documents-relations-erdogan-isis-oil-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.duvarenglish.com\/sport\/2020\/02\/10\/politics-in-stadiums-fenerbahce-fans-urge-minister-albayrak-to-keep-hands-off-football<\/a> ; https:\/\/odatv4.com\/fenerbahceliler-damata-karsi-ayaga-kalkti-02022031.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> Intelligence Online, \u201cHakan Fidan close to ministerial promotion<\/em>\u201d, see in 2020.11.18 Hakan Fidan Minister<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkey-launches-project-to-train-1-million-software-developers-154081<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> 2017.04.13 T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mill%C3%AE_%C4%B0stihbarat_Te%C5%9Fkil%C3%A2t%C4%B1#Leitung<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> Hakan Fidan on Nexis, pages 57-60<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/t24.com.tr\/haber\/adanada-3-tir-durduruldu-arama-yapiliyor,248707<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> 1000 colpi di mortaio, 1000 colpi di artiglieria, 50\u2019000 fucili d'assalto e 30\u2019000 munizioni per mitragliatrice \u2013 see in https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529223636\/http:\/\/www.aktifhaber.com\/devlet-sirri-denilen-mit-tirlari-ile-ilgili-tapeler-1053377h.htm#<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.haber7.com\/guncel\/haber\/1121773-mit-tirlari-neden-durduruldu<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com.tr\/haber\/mit-tirlari-boyle-durduruldu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/bianet.org\/bianet\/insan-haklari\/155519-tir-lari-durdurmakla-suclanan-13-askere-muebbet-istendi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.milliyet.com.tr\/gundem\/mit-tirlari-olayinda-yeni-gelisme-5-savci-gorevden-uzaklastirildi-1999064<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/erdogandan-canli-yayinda-can-dundara-tehdit-288885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/www.faz.net\/aktuell\/politik\/ausland\/europa\/tuerkei\/tuerkei-kampf-gegen-die-soldaten-des-lichts-12715816.html?printPagedArticle=true#pageIndex_3<\/a> ; https:\/\/taz.de\/Wie-Guelen-zum-Staatsfeind-Nr-1-wurde\/!5323191\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.sabah.com.tr\/gundem\/2021\/02\/03\/son-dakika-istihbarattaki-fetocu-generalden-bomba-itiraflar-tegmen-rutbemi-fetullah-gulen-takti<\/a> ; https:\/\/tr.sputniknews.com\/turkiye\/202001211041211454-sozcu-ilker-basbugu-cezaevine-attiran-feto-mektubunu-acikliyoruz\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.genios.de\/presse-archiv\/artikel\/FAZ\/20171111\/jagd-auf-die-guelenisten\/FR1201711115279571.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nadir.org\/nadir\/initiativ\/isku\/hintergrund\/geheimdienste\/geheim994.htm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/tuerkischer-geheimdienst-liess-erdogan-gegner-in-deutschland-ausspionieren\/12027820.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article157778863\/Erdogans-Agenten-bedrohen-Tuerken-in-Deutschland.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.derstandard.at\/story\/1397522175727\/geheimdienst-staat-tuerkei<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2020\/09\/turkey-austria-spy-nehammer-kurdish-clashes-protests-vienna.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/austria-turkey-espionage-int-idUSKBN25S4R5<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/10\/13\/world\/europe\/turkey-austria-erdogan-assassin.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/global-europe\/news\/flemish-minister-turkish-sponosred-mosque-is-nest-of-spies\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/07\/06\/influenced-by-gulenists-belgium-targets-turkish-mosques-fighting-extremism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/erdogan-critics-listed-by-turkish-embassy-in-prague-were-included-in-bogus-terrorism-probe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turk-greek-ties-strained-by-arson-row-10324<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-greece-germany-spying\/greek-police-arrest-german-on-suspicion-of-spying-idUSBRE97208820130803<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kathimerini.gr\/society\/896001\/istories-me-kataskopoys-sto-aigaio\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.larissanet.gr\/2019\/06\/21\/dikazetai-sti-rodo-kataskopos-tis-tourkias\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/ahvalnews.com\/mit\/turkish-intelligence-recruits-eu-retirees-spy-greece<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/04\/turkish-intelligence-operations-targeting-critics-in-greece-exposed-in-secret-documents\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/intelnews.org\/2016\/12\/09\/01-2023\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/more-secret-documents-confirming-vast-turkish-espionage-activities-in-greece-uncovered\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.skai.gr\/news\/greece\/dyo-syllipseis-ellinon-gia-kataskopeia-sti-rodo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-kosovo-security-turkey-idUSKBN1H70CC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/opinion\/murat-yetkin\/turkish-intelligence-unveils-secret-codes-used-before-coup-attempt-103843<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2018\/09\/turkish-teachers-detained-moldova-gulen.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/balkaninsight.com\/2018\/09\/06\/six-turkish-professors-detained-by-moldovan-secret-services-09-06-2018\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/turkeypurge.com\/turkey-spying-imams-active-also-in-norway<\/a> ; https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/turkeys-autocratic-president-erdogans-spying-profiling-expands-in-norway\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/kafila.org\/www-matthewaid-com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/report-sweden-launches-espionage-probe-into-turkish-govt-representatives\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/politics\/undiplomatic_swiss-eye-alleged-turkish-kidnapping-attempt\/43973170<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/swiss-foreign-minister-warns-turkey-against-illegal-spying-111199<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/eu-affairs\/2017\/05\/01\/as-anti-turkish-politics-grip-europe-turkish-swiss-policeman-arrested<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-brings-key-feto-suspect-from-ukraine-to-turkey-134608<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.meforum.org\/60976\/turkish-spy-agency-mit-intelligence-gathering-australia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-egypt-court\/egypt-detains-29-people-on-suspicion-of-espionage-for-turkey-idUSKBN1DM1AN<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.egypttoday.com\/Article\/1\/33764\/In-Pictures-Egypt-foils-Turkish-espionage-attempt<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-agency-brings-three-feto-members-from-gabon-to-turkey-130050<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/turkey\/turkish-intelligence-agency-rescues-a-kidnapped-italian-citizen-in-kenya-36192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20190807-libyan-national-army-turkish-intelligence-is-operating-in-tripoli\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/11\/27\/senior-feto-figure-captured-by-turkish-intelligence-in-sudan\/amp<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/07\/turkish-diplomats-have-extensively-spied-on-critics-in-the-united-states\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/1101683.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intel-returns-wanted-feto-from-azerbaijan-140108<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/06\/turkish-diplomats-spy-on-erdogan-critics-in-georgia-secret-document-reveals\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2019\/04\/22\/4-pkk-terrorists-brought-to-turkey-from-iraq-in-operation-by-turkish-intelligence<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/news\/pkk-confirms-capture-two-turkish-spies-iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.presstv.com\/Detail\/2017\/08\/29\/533306\/PKK-Turkish-officers-spying-Iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.sabah.com.tr\/gundem\/2019\/07\/07\/son-dakika-teror-orgutu-pkkkcknin-sozde-baskanlik-konseyi-uyesi-diyar-garip-muhammed-etkisiz-hale-getirildi<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thedefensepost.com\/2018\/08\/15\/turkey-airstrike-pkk-sinjar-iraq\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/menafn.com\/1098975780\/Turkish-warplanes-neutralize-4-PKK-terrorists-In-Iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2019\/09\/16\/3-pkk-terrorists-neutralized-by-turkish-jets-in-northern-iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkey-neutralizes-senior-female-ypg-pkk-terrorist-150730<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/cellmate-teacher-abducted-by-turkeys-mit-from-malaysia-subjected-to-torture-in-ankara\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligences-captures-feto-suspect-in-malaysia-146188<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-mongolia-kidnapping-turkey-idUSKBN1KI03N<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/pakistan\/pakistan-admits-they-secretly-deported-turkish-family-wanted-by-erdogan-govt-4895423\/lite\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turkish_involvement_in_the_Syrian_civil_war<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/securityaffairs.co\/wordpress\/41169\/breaking-news\/finfisher-spyware-new-customers.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.business-humanrights.org\/en\/latest-news\/german-prosecutor-to-investigate-finfisher-for-allegedly-selling-spyware-used-against-journalists-and-activists-in-turkey-without-license\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.ecchr.eu\/en\/press-release\/german-prosecutor-opens-criminal-investiation-into-finfisher-for-selling-spyware-to-turkey-without-license\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reporter-ohne-grenzen.de\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/freiheitsrechte.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[60]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[61]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecchr.eu\/en\/about-us\/?L=2<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[62]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 4-5<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[63]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 6-7, page 12<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[64]<\/a> https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847361\/UK-NCP-initial-complaint-privacy-international-and-others-against-gamma-international-uk-ltd.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847362\/UK-NCP-Final-statement-complaint-Privacy-International-Gamma-International-UK-Ltd.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847364\/uk-ncp-follow-up-statement-privacy-international-gamma-international.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[65]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/privacy-international-complaint-to-uk-ncp-about-gamma-international-uk-ltd<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[66]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/finfisher-malicious-spyware-disguised-mozilla-firefox-discovered-36-countries-1233177<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[67]<\/a> https:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/home\/security-news\/finfisher-command-and-control-hubs-turn-up-in-11-new-countries\/<\/a> ; 2013.04.01 SC Magazine on FinFisher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[68]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/german-prosecutors-investigate-spyware-maker-finfisher\/a-50293812<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[69]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/2020\/unsere-strafanzeige-razzia-bei-staatstrojaner-firma-finfisher-in-muenchen\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[70]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/intelligence_privacy\/avira-lantivirus-comprato-dai-servizi-segreti-del-golfo-persico\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/blogs.mediapart.fr\/paolo-fusi\/blog\/260920\/le-hacker-militaire-qui-achete-avira<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[71]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/research\/2020\/09\/german-made-finspy-spyware-found-in-egypt-and-mac-and-linux-versions-revealed\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[72]<\/a> https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/BL-DGB-23568<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/technology\/apple\/8912714\/Apple-iTunes-flaw-allowed-government-spying-for-3-years.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/krebsonsecurity.com\/2011\/11\/apple-took-3-years-to-fix-finfisher-trojan-hole\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2012-07-25\/cyber-attacks-on-activists-traced-to-finfisher-spyware-of-gamma<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[75]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/tecnologia\/2015\/07\/12\/news\/segreti-concorrenza-e-fobie-tutti-i-punti-deboli-di-hacking-team-1.35241096<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[76]<\/a> https:\/\/citizenlab.ca\/2015\/10\/mapping-finfishers-continuing-proliferation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[77]<\/a> https:\/\/bigbrotherawards.de\/en\/2012\/technology-gamma-international<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[78]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/pdf\/gammagrouploutheannelsonwapenhandelaarspursang.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/slideum.com\/doc\/9973831\/gehele-observant-%2369--januari-2017-politie-mercenaries<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[79]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[81]<\/a> U.S. Department of Commerce, Industry and Trade Administration, \u201cCommercial News USA<\/em>\u201d, U.S. Foreign Commercial Service, Washington DC, 1979, page 38<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[82]<\/a> https:\/\/www.referenceforbusiness.com\/history2\/1\/CompuDyne-Corporation.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[83]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[84]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/hk\/0475615<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[85]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/02088610<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[86]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[87]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/01958854<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[88]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/05318642<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[89]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/06591222<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[90]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[91]<\/a> https:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/200809010266.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[92]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nti.org\/gsn\/article\/danish-man-charged-with-wmd-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[93]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[94]<\/a> Elaman AG Malans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[95]<\/a> Holger G\u00fcnther Rumscheidt Kirchberg in Tirol<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[96]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[97]<\/a> https:\/\/www.webcitation.org\/5k8f6XouC?url=http:\/\/www.zianet.com\/jpage\/Bad%20Aibling%20Station%20-%20A%20Legacy%20of%20Excellence.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/military.wikia.org\/wiki\/Bad_Aibling_Station<\/a> ; Gottfried Mayr, \u201cDas Kriegsgefangenenlager PWE No. 26: Bad Aibling 1945-1946 : Massenschicksal \u2013 Einzelschicksale\u201c, Bad Aibling: Hist. Verein Bad Aibling und Umgebung, Bald Aibling 2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[98]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[99]<\/a> James Bamford, \u201cBody of secrets: Anatomy of the ultra-secret NSA<\/em>\u201d, Anchor Books, New York, 2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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The takeover of the NSA station would have been the dedication of Nelson and his employees to a company of global significance and almost unlimited power. Negotiations were not over when FinFisher started selling its FinSpy to Turkey and the world began to see the danger. After the research in Munich, Switzerland and Romania, Nelson began to liquidate all the companies as quickly as possible: some of them (Computplus Ltd., G2 Systems Ltd., Gamma 2000 Ltd., Gamma 2000 Waste Management Ltd., Gamma International (UK) Ltd.) were liquidated in early February 2021 at the time of writing[101]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is no turning back<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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April 14, 2007: Over a million peaceful citizens protest against the abolition of freedom and against a regime that has turned their homeland into a hell of oppression, violence and misery. An exciting scene of humanity that could hardly be repeated<\/sub><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, that does not change the substance of things. Today, February 2021, the government and its intelligence agencies in at least 40 countries around the world, the vast majority of which are ruled by dictatorships, have in their hands software that not only goes beyond doomsday scenarios. described by George Orwell, but also from \"Brazil\" by Terry Gilliam: Now, a regime no longer needs to discover that someone is preparing a plot to isolate, torture, condemn and exterminate them. The state can create evidence with the click of a computer, using software that in a thousandth of a second will doom each one of us and implicate each of our loved ones in our destruction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a society where the alienation of the individual from the common context has already reached worrying proportions, the software developed and sold by a small handful of criminals totally unknown to the public has enabled humanity to embark on a path of no return: one where there is nothing more true and verifiable in which each of us must doubt who is around us, and even (and even more) ourselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The weakness and superficiality with which Western governments (especially the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom) have allowed this software to be distributed across the planet for purely selfish calculations is unforgivable and the sign that 75 years after the end of WWII, 30 years after the end of the cold war, and the fear of nuclear conflict when nature rebels against the foolish way we are destroying it, people have crossed the line ultimate \u2013 those in which the enemy who kills does not come from outside, but from within \u2013 and is inexorable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/65-in-yuzbinleri-6335051<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/6554851.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/laik-turkiye-icin-caglayan-a-6426626<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/3-miting-3-mesaj-6462629<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/izmir-rekor-bekliyor-6495436<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/turkey-used-german-spy-software-on-opposition-politicians-and-activists\/a-43787769<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/atalayar.com\/en\/content\/turkish-spy-networks-control-opponents<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-39416954<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.birgun.net\/haber\/iddia-pelikancilar-hakan-fidan-gitsin-diyor-283382<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trthaber.com\/haber\/gundem\/iletisim-baskanligi-berat-albayrakin-gorevden-af-talebi-kabul-edilmistir-529559.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/europe\/russia-accuses-president-erdogan-s-son-law-being-linked-isis-oil-trade-a6761436.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2016\/09\/turkey-redhackers-daunt-the-erdogan-family.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/thepressproject.gr\/exclusive-wikileaks-documents-relations-erdogan-isis-oil-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.duvarenglish.com\/sport\/2020\/02\/10\/politics-in-stadiums-fenerbahce-fans-urge-minister-albayrak-to-keep-hands-off-football<\/a> ; https:\/\/odatv4.com\/fenerbahceliler-damata-karsi-ayaga-kalkti-02022031.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> Intelligence Online, \u201cHakan Fidan close to ministerial promotion<\/em>\u201d, see in 2020.11.18 Hakan Fidan Minister<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkey-launches-project-to-train-1-million-software-developers-154081<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> 2017.04.13 T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mill%C3%AE_%C4%B0stihbarat_Te%C5%9Fkil%C3%A2t%C4%B1#Leitung<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> Hakan Fidan on Nexis, pages 57-60<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/t24.com.tr\/haber\/adanada-3-tir-durduruldu-arama-yapiliyor,248707<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> 1000 colpi di mortaio, 1000 colpi di artiglieria, 50\u2019000 fucili d'assalto e 30\u2019000 munizioni per mitragliatrice \u2013 see in https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529223636\/http:\/\/www.aktifhaber.com\/devlet-sirri-denilen-mit-tirlari-ile-ilgili-tapeler-1053377h.htm#<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.haber7.com\/guncel\/haber\/1121773-mit-tirlari-neden-durduruldu<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com.tr\/haber\/mit-tirlari-boyle-durduruldu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/bianet.org\/bianet\/insan-haklari\/155519-tir-lari-durdurmakla-suclanan-13-askere-muebbet-istendi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.milliyet.com.tr\/gundem\/mit-tirlari-olayinda-yeni-gelisme-5-savci-gorevden-uzaklastirildi-1999064<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/erdogandan-canli-yayinda-can-dundara-tehdit-288885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/www.faz.net\/aktuell\/politik\/ausland\/europa\/tuerkei\/tuerkei-kampf-gegen-die-soldaten-des-lichts-12715816.html?printPagedArticle=true#pageIndex_3<\/a> ; https:\/\/taz.de\/Wie-Guelen-zum-Staatsfeind-Nr-1-wurde\/!5323191\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.sabah.com.tr\/gundem\/2021\/02\/03\/son-dakika-istihbarattaki-fetocu-generalden-bomba-itiraflar-tegmen-rutbemi-fetullah-gulen-takti<\/a> ; https:\/\/tr.sputniknews.com\/turkiye\/202001211041211454-sozcu-ilker-basbugu-cezaevine-attiran-feto-mektubunu-acikliyoruz\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.genios.de\/presse-archiv\/artikel\/FAZ\/20171111\/jagd-auf-die-guelenisten\/FR1201711115279571.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nadir.org\/nadir\/initiativ\/isku\/hintergrund\/geheimdienste\/geheim994.htm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/tuerkischer-geheimdienst-liess-erdogan-gegner-in-deutschland-ausspionieren\/12027820.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article157778863\/Erdogans-Agenten-bedrohen-Tuerken-in-Deutschland.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.derstandard.at\/story\/1397522175727\/geheimdienst-staat-tuerkei<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2020\/09\/turkey-austria-spy-nehammer-kurdish-clashes-protests-vienna.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/austria-turkey-espionage-int-idUSKBN25S4R5<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/10\/13\/world\/europe\/turkey-austria-erdogan-assassin.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/global-europe\/news\/flemish-minister-turkish-sponosred-mosque-is-nest-of-spies\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/07\/06\/influenced-by-gulenists-belgium-targets-turkish-mosques-fighting-extremism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/erdogan-critics-listed-by-turkish-embassy-in-prague-were-included-in-bogus-terrorism-probe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turk-greek-ties-strained-by-arson-row-10324<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-greece-germany-spying\/greek-police-arrest-german-on-suspicion-of-spying-idUSBRE97208820130803<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kathimerini.gr\/society\/896001\/istories-me-kataskopoys-sto-aigaio\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.larissanet.gr\/2019\/06\/21\/dikazetai-sti-rodo-kataskopos-tis-tourkias\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/ahvalnews.com\/mit\/turkish-intelligence-recruits-eu-retirees-spy-greece<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/04\/turkish-intelligence-operations-targeting-critics-in-greece-exposed-in-secret-documents\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/intelnews.org\/2016\/12\/09\/01-2023\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/more-secret-documents-confirming-vast-turkish-espionage-activities-in-greece-uncovered\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.skai.gr\/news\/greece\/dyo-syllipseis-ellinon-gia-kataskopeia-sti-rodo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-kosovo-security-turkey-idUSKBN1H70CC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/opinion\/murat-yetkin\/turkish-intelligence-unveils-secret-codes-used-before-coup-attempt-103843<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2018\/09\/turkish-teachers-detained-moldova-gulen.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/balkaninsight.com\/2018\/09\/06\/six-turkish-professors-detained-by-moldovan-secret-services-09-06-2018\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/turkeypurge.com\/turkey-spying-imams-active-also-in-norway<\/a> ; https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/turkeys-autocratic-president-erdogans-spying-profiling-expands-in-norway\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/kafila.org\/www-matthewaid-com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/report-sweden-launches-espionage-probe-into-turkish-govt-representatives\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/politics\/undiplomatic_swiss-eye-alleged-turkish-kidnapping-attempt\/43973170<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/swiss-foreign-minister-warns-turkey-against-illegal-spying-111199<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/eu-affairs\/2017\/05\/01\/as-anti-turkish-politics-grip-europe-turkish-swiss-policeman-arrested<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-brings-key-feto-suspect-from-ukraine-to-turkey-134608<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.meforum.org\/60976\/turkish-spy-agency-mit-intelligence-gathering-australia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-egypt-court\/egypt-detains-29-people-on-suspicion-of-espionage-for-turkey-idUSKBN1DM1AN<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.egypttoday.com\/Article\/1\/33764\/In-Pictures-Egypt-foils-Turkish-espionage-attempt<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-agency-brings-three-feto-members-from-gabon-to-turkey-130050<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/turkey\/turkish-intelligence-agency-rescues-a-kidnapped-italian-citizen-in-kenya-36192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20190807-libyan-national-army-turkish-intelligence-is-operating-in-tripoli\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/11\/27\/senior-feto-figure-captured-by-turkish-intelligence-in-sudan\/amp<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/07\/turkish-diplomats-have-extensively-spied-on-critics-in-the-united-states\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/1101683.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intel-returns-wanted-feto-from-azerbaijan-140108<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/06\/turkish-diplomats-spy-on-erdogan-critics-in-georgia-secret-document-reveals\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[52]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/cellmate-teacher-abducted-by-turkeys-mit-from-malaysia-subjected-to-torture-in-ankara\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligences-captures-feto-suspect-in-malaysia-146188<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-mongolia-kidnapping-turkey-idUSKBN1KI03N<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[58]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reporter-ohne-grenzen.de\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[63]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 6-7, page 12<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[66]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/finfisher-malicious-spyware-disguised-mozilla-firefox-discovered-36-countries-1233177<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[67]<\/a> https:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/home\/security-news\/finfisher-command-and-control-hubs-turn-up-in-11-new-countries\/<\/a> ; 2013.04.01 SC Magazine on FinFisher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[68]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/german-prosecutors-investigate-spyware-maker-finfisher\/a-50293812<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[69]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/2020\/unsere-strafanzeige-razzia-bei-staatstrojaner-firma-finfisher-in-muenchen\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[70]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/intelligence_privacy\/avira-lantivirus-comprato-dai-servizi-segreti-del-golfo-persico\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/blogs.mediapart.fr\/paolo-fusi\/blog\/260920\/le-hacker-militaire-qui-achete-avira<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[71]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/research\/2020\/09\/german-made-finspy-spyware-found-in-egypt-and-mac-and-linux-versions-revealed\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[75]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/tecnologia\/2015\/07\/12\/news\/segreti-concorrenza-e-fobie-tutti-i-punti-deboli-di-hacking-team-1.35241096<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[76]<\/a> https:\/\/citizenlab.ca\/2015\/10\/mapping-finfishers-continuing-proliferation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[77]<\/a> https:\/\/bigbrotherawards.de\/en\/2012\/technology-gamma-international<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[78]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/pdf\/gammagrouploutheannelsonwapenhandelaarspursang.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/slideum.com\/doc\/9973831\/gehele-observant-%2369--januari-2017-politie-mercenaries<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[79]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[81]<\/a> U.S. Department of Commerce, Industry and Trade Administration, \u201cCommercial News USA<\/em>\u201d, U.S. Foreign Commercial Service, Washington DC, 1979, page 38<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[82]<\/a> https:\/\/www.referenceforbusiness.com\/history2\/1\/CompuDyne-Corporation.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[84]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/hk\/0475615<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[85]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/02088610<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[86]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[87]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/01958854<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[92]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nti.org\/gsn\/article\/danish-man-charged-with-wmd-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[94]<\/a> Elaman AG Malans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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It is an imposing and extremely symbolic temptation: the Bad Aibling interception station was born in 1936 as a military airport and radar center of the Luftwaffe, and at the end of the war, the American army converted it into a camp transit for released prisoners of war and victims of National Socialist concentration camps. A very famous concentration camp that the writers G\u00fcnter Grass and Joseph Ratzinger (the future Pope Benedict XVI) passed through[97]<\/a>. From 1952 until the closure, requested by the European Union in 2001 and carried out in 2004 (officially, since the facility was still in operation in 2013[98]<\/a>), the NSA of Bad Aibling assembled its Echelon systems[99]<\/a> to intercept telephone communications of the entire planet[100]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The takeover of the NSA station would have been the dedication of Nelson and his employees to a company of global significance and almost unlimited power. Negotiations were not over when FinFisher started selling its FinSpy to Turkey and the world began to see the danger. After the research in Munich, Switzerland and Romania, Nelson began to liquidate all the companies as quickly as possible: some of them (Computplus Ltd., G2 Systems Ltd., Gamma 2000 Ltd., Gamma 2000 Waste Management Ltd., Gamma International (UK) Ltd.) were liquidated in early February 2021 at the time of writing[101]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is no turning back<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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April 14, 2007: Over a million peaceful citizens protest against the abolition of freedom and against a regime that has turned their homeland into a hell of oppression, violence and misery. An exciting scene of humanity that could hardly be repeated<\/sub><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, that does not change the substance of things. Today, February 2021, the government and its intelligence agencies in at least 40 countries around the world, the vast majority of which are ruled by dictatorships, have in their hands software that not only goes beyond doomsday scenarios. described by George Orwell, but also from \"Brazil\" by Terry Gilliam: Now, a regime no longer needs to discover that someone is preparing a plot to isolate, torture, condemn and exterminate them. The state can create evidence with the click of a computer, using software that in a thousandth of a second will doom each one of us and implicate each of our loved ones in our destruction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a society where the alienation of the individual from the common context has already reached worrying proportions, the software developed and sold by a small handful of criminals totally unknown to the public has enabled humanity to embark on a path of no return: one where there is nothing more true and verifiable in which each of us must doubt who is around us, and even (and even more) ourselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The weakness and superficiality with which Western governments (especially the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom) have allowed this software to be distributed across the planet for purely selfish calculations is unforgivable and the sign that 75 years after the end of WWII, 30 years after the end of the cold war, and the fear of nuclear conflict when nature rebels against the foolish way we are destroying it, people have crossed the line ultimate \u2013 those in which the enemy who kills does not come from outside, but from within \u2013 and is inexorable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/65-in-yuzbinleri-6335051<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/6554851.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/laik-turkiye-icin-caglayan-a-6426626<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/3-miting-3-mesaj-6462629<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/izmir-rekor-bekliyor-6495436<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/turkey-used-german-spy-software-on-opposition-politicians-and-activists\/a-43787769<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/atalayar.com\/en\/content\/turkish-spy-networks-control-opponents<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-39416954<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.birgun.net\/haber\/iddia-pelikancilar-hakan-fidan-gitsin-diyor-283382<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trthaber.com\/haber\/gundem\/iletisim-baskanligi-berat-albayrakin-gorevden-af-talebi-kabul-edilmistir-529559.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/europe\/russia-accuses-president-erdogan-s-son-law-being-linked-isis-oil-trade-a6761436.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2016\/09\/turkey-redhackers-daunt-the-erdogan-family.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/thepressproject.gr\/exclusive-wikileaks-documents-relations-erdogan-isis-oil-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.duvarenglish.com\/sport\/2020\/02\/10\/politics-in-stadiums-fenerbahce-fans-urge-minister-albayrak-to-keep-hands-off-football<\/a> ; https:\/\/odatv4.com\/fenerbahceliler-damata-karsi-ayaga-kalkti-02022031.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> Intelligence Online, \u201cHakan Fidan close to ministerial promotion<\/em>\u201d, see in 2020.11.18 Hakan Fidan Minister<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkey-launches-project-to-train-1-million-software-developers-154081<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> 2017.04.13 T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mill%C3%AE_%C4%B0stihbarat_Te%C5%9Fkil%C3%A2t%C4%B1#Leitung<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> Hakan Fidan on Nexis, pages 57-60<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/t24.com.tr\/haber\/adanada-3-tir-durduruldu-arama-yapiliyor,248707<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> 1000 colpi di mortaio, 1000 colpi di artiglieria, 50\u2019000 fucili d'assalto e 30\u2019000 munizioni per mitragliatrice \u2013 see in https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529223636\/http:\/\/www.aktifhaber.com\/devlet-sirri-denilen-mit-tirlari-ile-ilgili-tapeler-1053377h.htm#<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.haber7.com\/guncel\/haber\/1121773-mit-tirlari-neden-durduruldu<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com.tr\/haber\/mit-tirlari-boyle-durduruldu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/bianet.org\/bianet\/insan-haklari\/155519-tir-lari-durdurmakla-suclanan-13-askere-muebbet-istendi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.milliyet.com.tr\/gundem\/mit-tirlari-olayinda-yeni-gelisme-5-savci-gorevden-uzaklastirildi-1999064<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/erdogandan-canli-yayinda-can-dundara-tehdit-288885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/www.faz.net\/aktuell\/politik\/ausland\/europa\/tuerkei\/tuerkei-kampf-gegen-die-soldaten-des-lichts-12715816.html?printPagedArticle=true#pageIndex_3<\/a> ; https:\/\/taz.de\/Wie-Guelen-zum-Staatsfeind-Nr-1-wurde\/!5323191\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.sabah.com.tr\/gundem\/2021\/02\/03\/son-dakika-istihbarattaki-fetocu-generalden-bomba-itiraflar-tegmen-rutbemi-fetullah-gulen-takti<\/a> ; https:\/\/tr.sputniknews.com\/turkiye\/202001211041211454-sozcu-ilker-basbugu-cezaevine-attiran-feto-mektubunu-acikliyoruz\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.genios.de\/presse-archiv\/artikel\/FAZ\/20171111\/jagd-auf-die-guelenisten\/FR1201711115279571.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nadir.org\/nadir\/initiativ\/isku\/hintergrund\/geheimdienste\/geheim994.htm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/tuerkischer-geheimdienst-liess-erdogan-gegner-in-deutschland-ausspionieren\/12027820.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article157778863\/Erdogans-Agenten-bedrohen-Tuerken-in-Deutschland.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.derstandard.at\/story\/1397522175727\/geheimdienst-staat-tuerkei<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2020\/09\/turkey-austria-spy-nehammer-kurdish-clashes-protests-vienna.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/austria-turkey-espionage-int-idUSKBN25S4R5<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/10\/13\/world\/europe\/turkey-austria-erdogan-assassin.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/global-europe\/news\/flemish-minister-turkish-sponosred-mosque-is-nest-of-spies\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/07\/06\/influenced-by-gulenists-belgium-targets-turkish-mosques-fighting-extremism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/erdogan-critics-listed-by-turkish-embassy-in-prague-were-included-in-bogus-terrorism-probe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turk-greek-ties-strained-by-arson-row-10324<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-greece-germany-spying\/greek-police-arrest-german-on-suspicion-of-spying-idUSBRE97208820130803<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kathimerini.gr\/society\/896001\/istories-me-kataskopoys-sto-aigaio\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.larissanet.gr\/2019\/06\/21\/dikazetai-sti-rodo-kataskopos-tis-tourkias\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/ahvalnews.com\/mit\/turkish-intelligence-recruits-eu-retirees-spy-greece<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/04\/turkish-intelligence-operations-targeting-critics-in-greece-exposed-in-secret-documents\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/intelnews.org\/2016\/12\/09\/01-2023\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/more-secret-documents-confirming-vast-turkish-espionage-activities-in-greece-uncovered\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.skai.gr\/news\/greece\/dyo-syllipseis-ellinon-gia-kataskopeia-sti-rodo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-kosovo-security-turkey-idUSKBN1H70CC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/opinion\/murat-yetkin\/turkish-intelligence-unveils-secret-codes-used-before-coup-attempt-103843<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2018\/09\/turkish-teachers-detained-moldova-gulen.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/balkaninsight.com\/2018\/09\/06\/six-turkish-professors-detained-by-moldovan-secret-services-09-06-2018\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/turkeypurge.com\/turkey-spying-imams-active-also-in-norway<\/a> ; https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/turkeys-autocratic-president-erdogans-spying-profiling-expands-in-norway\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/kafila.org\/www-matthewaid-com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/report-sweden-launches-espionage-probe-into-turkish-govt-representatives\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/politics\/undiplomatic_swiss-eye-alleged-turkish-kidnapping-attempt\/43973170<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/swiss-foreign-minister-warns-turkey-against-illegal-spying-111199<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/eu-affairs\/2017\/05\/01\/as-anti-turkish-politics-grip-europe-turkish-swiss-policeman-arrested<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-brings-key-feto-suspect-from-ukraine-to-turkey-134608<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.meforum.org\/60976\/turkish-spy-agency-mit-intelligence-gathering-australia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-egypt-court\/egypt-detains-29-people-on-suspicion-of-espionage-for-turkey-idUSKBN1DM1AN<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.egypttoday.com\/Article\/1\/33764\/In-Pictures-Egypt-foils-Turkish-espionage-attempt<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-agency-brings-three-feto-members-from-gabon-to-turkey-130050<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/turkey\/turkish-intelligence-agency-rescues-a-kidnapped-italian-citizen-in-kenya-36192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20190807-libyan-national-army-turkish-intelligence-is-operating-in-tripoli\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/11\/27\/senior-feto-figure-captured-by-turkish-intelligence-in-sudan\/amp<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/07\/turkish-diplomats-have-extensively-spied-on-critics-in-the-united-states\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/1101683.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intel-returns-wanted-feto-from-azerbaijan-140108<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/06\/turkish-diplomats-spy-on-erdogan-critics-in-georgia-secret-document-reveals\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2019\/04\/22\/4-pkk-terrorists-brought-to-turkey-from-iraq-in-operation-by-turkish-intelligence<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/news\/pkk-confirms-capture-two-turkish-spies-iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.presstv.com\/Detail\/2017\/08\/29\/533306\/PKK-Turkish-officers-spying-Iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.sabah.com.tr\/gundem\/2019\/07\/07\/son-dakika-teror-orgutu-pkkkcknin-sozde-baskanlik-konseyi-uyesi-diyar-garip-muhammed-etkisiz-hale-getirildi<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thedefensepost.com\/2018\/08\/15\/turkey-airstrike-pkk-sinjar-iraq\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/menafn.com\/1098975780\/Turkish-warplanes-neutralize-4-PKK-terrorists-In-Iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2019\/09\/16\/3-pkk-terrorists-neutralized-by-turkish-jets-in-northern-iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkey-neutralizes-senior-female-ypg-pkk-terrorist-150730<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/cellmate-teacher-abducted-by-turkeys-mit-from-malaysia-subjected-to-torture-in-ankara\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligences-captures-feto-suspect-in-malaysia-146188<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-mongolia-kidnapping-turkey-idUSKBN1KI03N<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/pakistan\/pakistan-admits-they-secretly-deported-turkish-family-wanted-by-erdogan-govt-4895423\/lite\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turkish_involvement_in_the_Syrian_civil_war<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/securityaffairs.co\/wordpress\/41169\/breaking-news\/finfisher-spyware-new-customers.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.business-humanrights.org\/en\/latest-news\/german-prosecutor-to-investigate-finfisher-for-allegedly-selling-spyware-used-against-journalists-and-activists-in-turkey-without-license\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.ecchr.eu\/en\/press-release\/german-prosecutor-opens-criminal-investiation-into-finfisher-for-selling-spyware-to-turkey-without-license\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reporter-ohne-grenzen.de\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/freiheitsrechte.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[60]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[61]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecchr.eu\/en\/about-us\/?L=2<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[62]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 4-5<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[63]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 6-7, page 12<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[64]<\/a> https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847361\/UK-NCP-initial-complaint-privacy-international-and-others-against-gamma-international-uk-ltd.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847362\/UK-NCP-Final-statement-complaint-Privacy-International-Gamma-International-UK-Ltd.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847364\/uk-ncp-follow-up-statement-privacy-international-gamma-international.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[65]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/privacy-international-complaint-to-uk-ncp-about-gamma-international-uk-ltd<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[66]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/finfisher-malicious-spyware-disguised-mozilla-firefox-discovered-36-countries-1233177<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[67]<\/a> https:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/home\/security-news\/finfisher-command-and-control-hubs-turn-up-in-11-new-countries\/<\/a> ; 2013.04.01 SC Magazine on FinFisher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[68]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/german-prosecutors-investigate-spyware-maker-finfisher\/a-50293812<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[69]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/2020\/unsere-strafanzeige-razzia-bei-staatstrojaner-firma-finfisher-in-muenchen\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[70]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/intelligence_privacy\/avira-lantivirus-comprato-dai-servizi-segreti-del-golfo-persico\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/blogs.mediapart.fr\/paolo-fusi\/blog\/260920\/le-hacker-militaire-qui-achete-avira<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[71]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/research\/2020\/09\/german-made-finspy-spyware-found-in-egypt-and-mac-and-linux-versions-revealed\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[72]<\/a> https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/BL-DGB-23568<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/technology\/apple\/8912714\/Apple-iTunes-flaw-allowed-government-spying-for-3-years.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/krebsonsecurity.com\/2011\/11\/apple-took-3-years-to-fix-finfisher-trojan-hole\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2012-07-25\/cyber-attacks-on-activists-traced-to-finfisher-spyware-of-gamma<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[75]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/tecnologia\/2015\/07\/12\/news\/segreti-concorrenza-e-fobie-tutti-i-punti-deboli-di-hacking-team-1.35241096<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[76]<\/a> https:\/\/citizenlab.ca\/2015\/10\/mapping-finfishers-continuing-proliferation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[77]<\/a> https:\/\/bigbrotherawards.de\/en\/2012\/technology-gamma-international<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[78]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/pdf\/gammagrouploutheannelsonwapenhandelaarspursang.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/slideum.com\/doc\/9973831\/gehele-observant-%2369--januari-2017-politie-mercenaries<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[79]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[81]<\/a> U.S. Department of Commerce, Industry and Trade Administration, \u201cCommercial News USA<\/em>\u201d, U.S. Foreign Commercial Service, Washington DC, 1979, page 38<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[82]<\/a> https:\/\/www.referenceforbusiness.com\/history2\/1\/CompuDyne-Corporation.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[83]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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Perhaps even more surprising is the next business: Nelson founds Elaman and relocates some activities to Switzerland[94]<\/a> because he is once again doing business with his father's former partner, Stephan Oelkers. Oelkers convinced Nelson to move his operations center from Hamburg to Munich and to accept a new partner, Holger G\u00fcnther Rumscheidt. This should work with the Austrian secret service[95]<\/a> and attempt to take the Bad Aibling station back from the NSA (American Military Intelligence)[96]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is an imposing and extremely symbolic temptation: the Bad Aibling interception station was born in 1936 as a military airport and radar center of the Luftwaffe, and at the end of the war, the American army converted it into a camp transit for released prisoners of war and victims of National Socialist concentration camps. A very famous concentration camp that the writers G\u00fcnter Grass and Joseph Ratzinger (the future Pope Benedict XVI) passed through[97]<\/a>. From 1952 until the closure, requested by the European Union in 2001 and carried out in 2004 (officially, since the facility was still in operation in 2013[98]<\/a>), the NSA of Bad Aibling assembled its Echelon systems[99]<\/a> to intercept telephone communications of the entire planet[100]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The takeover of the NSA station would have been the dedication of Nelson and his employees to a company of global significance and almost unlimited power. Negotiations were not over when FinFisher started selling its FinSpy to Turkey and the world began to see the danger. After the research in Munich, Switzerland and Romania, Nelson began to liquidate all the companies as quickly as possible: some of them (Computplus Ltd., G2 Systems Ltd., Gamma 2000 Ltd., Gamma 2000 Waste Management Ltd., Gamma International (UK) Ltd.) were liquidated in early February 2021 at the time of writing[101]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is no turning back<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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April 14, 2007: Over a million peaceful citizens protest against the abolition of freedom and against a regime that has turned their homeland into a hell of oppression, violence and misery. An exciting scene of humanity that could hardly be repeated<\/sub><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, that does not change the substance of things. Today, February 2021, the government and its intelligence agencies in at least 40 countries around the world, the vast majority of which are ruled by dictatorships, have in their hands software that not only goes beyond doomsday scenarios. described by George Orwell, but also from \"Brazil\" by Terry Gilliam: Now, a regime no longer needs to discover that someone is preparing a plot to isolate, torture, condemn and exterminate them. The state can create evidence with the click of a computer, using software that in a thousandth of a second will doom each one of us and implicate each of our loved ones in our destruction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a society where the alienation of the individual from the common context has already reached worrying proportions, the software developed and sold by a small handful of criminals totally unknown to the public has enabled humanity to embark on a path of no return: one where there is nothing more true and verifiable in which each of us must doubt who is around us, and even (and even more) ourselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The weakness and superficiality with which Western governments (especially the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom) have allowed this software to be distributed across the planet for purely selfish calculations is unforgivable and the sign that 75 years after the end of WWII, 30 years after the end of the cold war, and the fear of nuclear conflict when nature rebels against the foolish way we are destroying it, people have crossed the line ultimate \u2013 those in which the enemy who kills does not come from outside, but from within \u2013 and is inexorable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/65-in-yuzbinleri-6335051<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/6554851.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/laik-turkiye-icin-caglayan-a-6426626<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/3-miting-3-mesaj-6462629<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/izmir-rekor-bekliyor-6495436<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/turkey-used-german-spy-software-on-opposition-politicians-and-activists\/a-43787769<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/atalayar.com\/en\/content\/turkish-spy-networks-control-opponents<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-39416954<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.birgun.net\/haber\/iddia-pelikancilar-hakan-fidan-gitsin-diyor-283382<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trthaber.com\/haber\/gundem\/iletisim-baskanligi-berat-albayrakin-gorevden-af-talebi-kabul-edilmistir-529559.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/europe\/russia-accuses-president-erdogan-s-son-law-being-linked-isis-oil-trade-a6761436.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2016\/09\/turkey-redhackers-daunt-the-erdogan-family.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/thepressproject.gr\/exclusive-wikileaks-documents-relations-erdogan-isis-oil-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.duvarenglish.com\/sport\/2020\/02\/10\/politics-in-stadiums-fenerbahce-fans-urge-minister-albayrak-to-keep-hands-off-football<\/a> ; https:\/\/odatv4.com\/fenerbahceliler-damata-karsi-ayaga-kalkti-02022031.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> Intelligence Online, \u201cHakan Fidan close to ministerial promotion<\/em>\u201d, see in 2020.11.18 Hakan Fidan Minister<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkey-launches-project-to-train-1-million-software-developers-154081<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> 2017.04.13 T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mill%C3%AE_%C4%B0stihbarat_Te%C5%9Fkil%C3%A2t%C4%B1#Leitung<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> Hakan Fidan on Nexis, pages 57-60<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/t24.com.tr\/haber\/adanada-3-tir-durduruldu-arama-yapiliyor,248707<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> 1000 colpi di mortaio, 1000 colpi di artiglieria, 50\u2019000 fucili d'assalto e 30\u2019000 munizioni per mitragliatrice \u2013 see in https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529223636\/http:\/\/www.aktifhaber.com\/devlet-sirri-denilen-mit-tirlari-ile-ilgili-tapeler-1053377h.htm#<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.haber7.com\/guncel\/haber\/1121773-mit-tirlari-neden-durduruldu<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com.tr\/haber\/mit-tirlari-boyle-durduruldu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/bianet.org\/bianet\/insan-haklari\/155519-tir-lari-durdurmakla-suclanan-13-askere-muebbet-istendi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.milliyet.com.tr\/gundem\/mit-tirlari-olayinda-yeni-gelisme-5-savci-gorevden-uzaklastirildi-1999064<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/erdogandan-canli-yayinda-can-dundara-tehdit-288885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/www.faz.net\/aktuell\/politik\/ausland\/europa\/tuerkei\/tuerkei-kampf-gegen-die-soldaten-des-lichts-12715816.html?printPagedArticle=true#pageIndex_3<\/a> ; https:\/\/taz.de\/Wie-Guelen-zum-Staatsfeind-Nr-1-wurde\/!5323191\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.sabah.com.tr\/gundem\/2021\/02\/03\/son-dakika-istihbarattaki-fetocu-generalden-bomba-itiraflar-tegmen-rutbemi-fetullah-gulen-takti<\/a> ; https:\/\/tr.sputniknews.com\/turkiye\/202001211041211454-sozcu-ilker-basbugu-cezaevine-attiran-feto-mektubunu-acikliyoruz\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.genios.de\/presse-archiv\/artikel\/FAZ\/20171111\/jagd-auf-die-guelenisten\/FR1201711115279571.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nadir.org\/nadir\/initiativ\/isku\/hintergrund\/geheimdienste\/geheim994.htm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/tuerkischer-geheimdienst-liess-erdogan-gegner-in-deutschland-ausspionieren\/12027820.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article157778863\/Erdogans-Agenten-bedrohen-Tuerken-in-Deutschland.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.derstandard.at\/story\/1397522175727\/geheimdienst-staat-tuerkei<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2020\/09\/turkey-austria-spy-nehammer-kurdish-clashes-protests-vienna.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/austria-turkey-espionage-int-idUSKBN25S4R5<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/10\/13\/world\/europe\/turkey-austria-erdogan-assassin.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/global-europe\/news\/flemish-minister-turkish-sponosred-mosque-is-nest-of-spies\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/07\/06\/influenced-by-gulenists-belgium-targets-turkish-mosques-fighting-extremism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/erdogan-critics-listed-by-turkish-embassy-in-prague-were-included-in-bogus-terrorism-probe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turk-greek-ties-strained-by-arson-row-10324<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-greece-germany-spying\/greek-police-arrest-german-on-suspicion-of-spying-idUSBRE97208820130803<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kathimerini.gr\/society\/896001\/istories-me-kataskopoys-sto-aigaio\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.larissanet.gr\/2019\/06\/21\/dikazetai-sti-rodo-kataskopos-tis-tourkias\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/ahvalnews.com\/mit\/turkish-intelligence-recruits-eu-retirees-spy-greece<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/04\/turkish-intelligence-operations-targeting-critics-in-greece-exposed-in-secret-documents\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/intelnews.org\/2016\/12\/09\/01-2023\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/more-secret-documents-confirming-vast-turkish-espionage-activities-in-greece-uncovered\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.skai.gr\/news\/greece\/dyo-syllipseis-ellinon-gia-kataskopeia-sti-rodo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-kosovo-security-turkey-idUSKBN1H70CC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[69]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/2020\/unsere-strafanzeige-razzia-bei-staatstrojaner-firma-finfisher-in-muenchen\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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During these years, Louthean Nelson also tried to facilitate a collaboration with the hacking team of David Vincenzetti: with one of the best hackers of the Milan group, Alberto Pelliccione, Nelson tried after a while to find a system. to hack Nokia devices \u2013 but Pelliccione changes his mind when he finds out Nelson has started delivering weapons to countries affected by international sanctions through a company that has now been liquidated, Cyan Engineering Services SAL Beirut[93]<\/a>. Something that Pelliccione wants nothing to do with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps even more surprising is the next business: Nelson founds Elaman and relocates some activities to Switzerland[94]<\/a> because he is once again doing business with his father's former partner, Stephan Oelkers. Oelkers convinced Nelson to move his operations center from Hamburg to Munich and to accept a new partner, Holger G\u00fcnther Rumscheidt. This should work with the Austrian secret service[95]<\/a> and attempt to take the Bad Aibling station back from the NSA (American Military Intelligence)[96]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is an imposing and extremely symbolic temptation: the Bad Aibling interception station was born in 1936 as a military airport and radar center of the Luftwaffe, and at the end of the war, the American army converted it into a camp transit for released prisoners of war and victims of National Socialist concentration camps. A very famous concentration camp that the writers G\u00fcnter Grass and Joseph Ratzinger (the future Pope Benedict XVI) passed through[97]<\/a>. From 1952 until the closure, requested by the European Union in 2001 and carried out in 2004 (officially, since the facility was still in operation in 2013[98]<\/a>), the NSA of Bad Aibling assembled its Echelon systems[99]<\/a> to intercept telephone communications of the entire planet[100]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The takeover of the NSA station would have been the dedication of Nelson and his employees to a company of global significance and almost unlimited power. Negotiations were not over when FinFisher started selling its FinSpy to Turkey and the world began to see the danger. After the research in Munich, Switzerland and Romania, Nelson began to liquidate all the companies as quickly as possible: some of them (Computplus Ltd., G2 Systems Ltd., Gamma 2000 Ltd., Gamma 2000 Waste Management Ltd., Gamma International (UK) Ltd.) were liquidated in early February 2021 at the time of writing[101]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is no turning back<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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April 14, 2007: Over a million peaceful citizens protest against the abolition of freedom and against a regime that has turned their homeland into a hell of oppression, violence and misery. An exciting scene of humanity that could hardly be repeated<\/sub><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, that does not change the substance of things. Today, February 2021, the government and its intelligence agencies in at least 40 countries around the world, the vast majority of which are ruled by dictatorships, have in their hands software that not only goes beyond doomsday scenarios. described by George Orwell, but also from \"Brazil\" by Terry Gilliam: Now, a regime no longer needs to discover that someone is preparing a plot to isolate, torture, condemn and exterminate them. The state can create evidence with the click of a computer, using software that in a thousandth of a second will doom each one of us and implicate each of our loved ones in our destruction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a society where the alienation of the individual from the common context has already reached worrying proportions, the software developed and sold by a small handful of criminals totally unknown to the public has enabled humanity to embark on a path of no return: one where there is nothing more true and verifiable in which each of us must doubt who is around us, and even (and even more) ourselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The weakness and superficiality with which Western governments (especially the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom) have allowed this software to be distributed across the planet for purely selfish calculations is unforgivable and the sign that 75 years after the end of WWII, 30 years after the end of the cold war, and the fear of nuclear conflict when nature rebels against the foolish way we are destroying it, people have crossed the line ultimate \u2013 those in which the enemy who kills does not come from outside, but from within \u2013 and is inexorable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/65-in-yuzbinleri-6335051<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/6554851.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/laik-turkiye-icin-caglayan-a-6426626<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/3-miting-3-mesaj-6462629<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/izmir-rekor-bekliyor-6495436<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/turkey-used-german-spy-software-on-opposition-politicians-and-activists\/a-43787769<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/atalayar.com\/en\/content\/turkish-spy-networks-control-opponents<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-39416954<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.birgun.net\/haber\/iddia-pelikancilar-hakan-fidan-gitsin-diyor-283382<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trthaber.com\/haber\/gundem\/iletisim-baskanligi-berat-albayrakin-gorevden-af-talebi-kabul-edilmistir-529559.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/europe\/russia-accuses-president-erdogan-s-son-law-being-linked-isis-oil-trade-a6761436.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2016\/09\/turkey-redhackers-daunt-the-erdogan-family.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/thepressproject.gr\/exclusive-wikileaks-documents-relations-erdogan-isis-oil-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.duvarenglish.com\/sport\/2020\/02\/10\/politics-in-stadiums-fenerbahce-fans-urge-minister-albayrak-to-keep-hands-off-football<\/a> ; https:\/\/odatv4.com\/fenerbahceliler-damata-karsi-ayaga-kalkti-02022031.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> Intelligence Online, \u201cHakan Fidan close to ministerial promotion<\/em>\u201d, see in 2020.11.18 Hakan Fidan Minister<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkey-launches-project-to-train-1-million-software-developers-154081<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> 2017.04.13 T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mill%C3%AE_%C4%B0stihbarat_Te%C5%9Fkil%C3%A2t%C4%B1#Leitung<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> Hakan Fidan on Nexis, pages 57-60<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/t24.com.tr\/haber\/adanada-3-tir-durduruldu-arama-yapiliyor,248707<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> 1000 colpi di mortaio, 1000 colpi di artiglieria, 50\u2019000 fucili d'assalto e 30\u2019000 munizioni per mitragliatrice \u2013 see in https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529223636\/http:\/\/www.aktifhaber.com\/devlet-sirri-denilen-mit-tirlari-ile-ilgili-tapeler-1053377h.htm#<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.haber7.com\/guncel\/haber\/1121773-mit-tirlari-neden-durduruldu<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com.tr\/haber\/mit-tirlari-boyle-durduruldu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/bianet.org\/bianet\/insan-haklari\/155519-tir-lari-durdurmakla-suclanan-13-askere-muebbet-istendi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.milliyet.com.tr\/gundem\/mit-tirlari-olayinda-yeni-gelisme-5-savci-gorevden-uzaklastirildi-1999064<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/erdogandan-canli-yayinda-can-dundara-tehdit-288885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/www.faz.net\/aktuell\/politik\/ausland\/europa\/tuerkei\/tuerkei-kampf-gegen-die-soldaten-des-lichts-12715816.html?printPagedArticle=true#pageIndex_3<\/a> ; https:\/\/taz.de\/Wie-Guelen-zum-Staatsfeind-Nr-1-wurde\/!5323191\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.sabah.com.tr\/gundem\/2021\/02\/03\/son-dakika-istihbarattaki-fetocu-generalden-bomba-itiraflar-tegmen-rutbemi-fetullah-gulen-takti<\/a> ; https:\/\/tr.sputniknews.com\/turkiye\/202001211041211454-sozcu-ilker-basbugu-cezaevine-attiran-feto-mektubunu-acikliyoruz\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.genios.de\/presse-archiv\/artikel\/FAZ\/20171111\/jagd-auf-die-guelenisten\/FR1201711115279571.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nadir.org\/nadir\/initiativ\/isku\/hintergrund\/geheimdienste\/geheim994.htm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/tuerkischer-geheimdienst-liess-erdogan-gegner-in-deutschland-ausspionieren\/12027820.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article157778863\/Erdogans-Agenten-bedrohen-Tuerken-in-Deutschland.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.derstandard.at\/story\/1397522175727\/geheimdienst-staat-tuerkei<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2020\/09\/turkey-austria-spy-nehammer-kurdish-clashes-protests-vienna.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/austria-turkey-espionage-int-idUSKBN25S4R5<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/10\/13\/world\/europe\/turkey-austria-erdogan-assassin.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/global-europe\/news\/flemish-minister-turkish-sponosred-mosque-is-nest-of-spies\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/07\/06\/influenced-by-gulenists-belgium-targets-turkish-mosques-fighting-extremism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/erdogan-critics-listed-by-turkish-embassy-in-prague-were-included-in-bogus-terrorism-probe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turk-greek-ties-strained-by-arson-row-10324<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-greece-germany-spying\/greek-police-arrest-german-on-suspicion-of-spying-idUSBRE97208820130803<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kathimerini.gr\/society\/896001\/istories-me-kataskopoys-sto-aigaio\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.larissanet.gr\/2019\/06\/21\/dikazetai-sti-rodo-kataskopos-tis-tourkias\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/ahvalnews.com\/mit\/turkish-intelligence-recruits-eu-retirees-spy-greece<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/04\/turkish-intelligence-operations-targeting-critics-in-greece-exposed-in-secret-documents\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/intelnews.org\/2016\/12\/09\/01-2023\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/more-secret-documents-confirming-vast-turkish-espionage-activities-in-greece-uncovered\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.skai.gr\/news\/greece\/dyo-syllipseis-ellinon-gia-kataskopeia-sti-rodo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-kosovo-security-turkey-idUSKBN1H70CC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/opinion\/murat-yetkin\/turkish-intelligence-unveils-secret-codes-used-before-coup-attempt-103843<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2018\/09\/turkish-teachers-detained-moldova-gulen.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/balkaninsight.com\/2018\/09\/06\/six-turkish-professors-detained-by-moldovan-secret-services-09-06-2018\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/turkeypurge.com\/turkey-spying-imams-active-also-in-norway<\/a> ; https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/turkeys-autocratic-president-erdogans-spying-profiling-expands-in-norway\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/kafila.org\/www-matthewaid-com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[38]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/politics\/undiplomatic_swiss-eye-alleged-turkish-kidnapping-attempt\/43973170<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/swiss-foreign-minister-warns-turkey-against-illegal-spying-111199<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/eu-affairs\/2017\/05\/01\/as-anti-turkish-politics-grip-europe-turkish-swiss-policeman-arrested<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-brings-key-feto-suspect-from-ukraine-to-turkey-134608<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.meforum.org\/60976\/turkish-spy-agency-mit-intelligence-gathering-australia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-egypt-court\/egypt-detains-29-people-on-suspicion-of-espionage-for-turkey-idUSKBN1DM1AN<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.egypttoday.com\/Article\/1\/33764\/In-Pictures-Egypt-foils-Turkish-espionage-attempt<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-agency-brings-three-feto-members-from-gabon-to-turkey-130050<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/turkey\/turkish-intelligence-agency-rescues-a-kidnapped-italian-citizen-in-kenya-36192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20190807-libyan-national-army-turkish-intelligence-is-operating-in-tripoli\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/11\/27\/senior-feto-figure-captured-by-turkish-intelligence-in-sudan\/amp<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/07\/turkish-diplomats-have-extensively-spied-on-critics-in-the-united-states\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intel-returns-wanted-feto-from-azerbaijan-140108<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/06\/turkish-diplomats-spy-on-erdogan-critics-in-georgia-secret-document-reveals\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[52]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/cellmate-teacher-abducted-by-turkeys-mit-from-malaysia-subjected-to-torture-in-ankara\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligences-captures-feto-suspect-in-malaysia-146188<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[54]<\/a> https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/pakistan\/pakistan-admits-they-secretly-deported-turkish-family-wanted-by-erdogan-govt-4895423\/lite\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[65]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/privacy-international-complaint-to-uk-ncp-about-gamma-international-uk-ltd<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[66]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/finfisher-malicious-spyware-disguised-mozilla-firefox-discovered-36-countries-1233177<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[67]<\/a> https:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/home\/security-news\/finfisher-command-and-control-hubs-turn-up-in-11-new-countries\/<\/a> ; 2013.04.01 SC Magazine on FinFisher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[68]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/german-prosecutors-investigate-spyware-maker-finfisher\/a-50293812<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[69]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/2020\/unsere-strafanzeige-razzia-bei-staatstrojaner-firma-finfisher-in-muenchen\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[70]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/intelligence_privacy\/avira-lantivirus-comprato-dai-servizi-segreti-del-golfo-persico\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/blogs.mediapart.fr\/paolo-fusi\/blog\/260920\/le-hacker-militaire-qui-achete-avira<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[71]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/research\/2020\/09\/german-made-finspy-spyware-found-in-egypt-and-mac-and-linux-versions-revealed\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[72]<\/a> https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/BL-DGB-23568<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/technology\/apple\/8912714\/Apple-iTunes-flaw-allowed-government-spying-for-3-years.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/krebsonsecurity.com\/2011\/11\/apple-took-3-years-to-fix-finfisher-trojan-hole\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2012-07-25\/cyber-attacks-on-activists-traced-to-finfisher-spyware-of-gamma<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[75]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/tecnologia\/2015\/07\/12\/news\/segreti-concorrenza-e-fobie-tutti-i-punti-deboli-di-hacking-team-1.35241096<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[76]<\/a> https:\/\/citizenlab.ca\/2015\/10\/mapping-finfishers-continuing-proliferation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[77]<\/a> https:\/\/bigbrotherawards.de\/en\/2012\/technology-gamma-international<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[78]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/pdf\/gammagrouploutheannelsonwapenhandelaarspursang.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/slideum.com\/doc\/9973831\/gehele-observant-%2369--januari-2017-politie-mercenaries<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[79]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[81]<\/a> U.S. Department of Commerce, Industry and Trade Administration, \u201cCommercial News USA<\/em>\u201d, U.S. Foreign Commercial Service, Washington DC, 1979, page 38<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[82]<\/a> https:\/\/www.referenceforbusiness.com\/history2\/1\/CompuDyne-Corporation.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[84]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/hk\/0475615<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[85]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/02088610<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[86]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[87]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/01958854<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[88]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/05318642<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[89]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/06591222<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[90]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[91]<\/a> https:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/200809010266.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[92]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nti.org\/gsn\/article\/danish-man-charged-with-wmd-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[94]<\/a> Elaman AG Malans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[95]<\/a> Holger G\u00fcnther Rumscheidt Kirchberg in Tirol<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[98]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[99]<\/a> James Bamford, \u201cBody of secrets: Anatomy of the ultra-secret NSA<\/em>\u201d, Anchor Books, New York, 2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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A new era is beginning in which the old wiretapping will soon be overcome and forgotten. The young Louthean begins to work with Niels J\u00f8rgen Tobiasen and his two companies: The CBRN Team Ltd. London[88]<\/a> and The Phoenix Hazard Training Ltd. Darlington[89]<\/a>. It is an industrial operation that arose out of a contract to supply chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapons to Uganda[90]<\/a> which was negotiated with a member of the government, Ananias Tumukunde, who had accepted a bribe of \u00a3 40,000[91]<\/a>. An operation that ended with the arrest of Tumukunde in Kampala and Tobiasen in London in July 2007[92]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During these years, Louthean Nelson also tried to facilitate a collaboration with the hacking team of David Vincenzetti: with one of the best hackers of the Milan group, Alberto Pelliccione, Nelson tried after a while to find a system. to hack Nokia devices \u2013 but Pelliccione changes his mind when he finds out Nelson has started delivering weapons to countries affected by international sanctions through a company that has now been liquidated, Cyan Engineering Services SAL Beirut[93]<\/a>. Something that Pelliccione wants nothing to do with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps even more surprising is the next business: Nelson founds Elaman and relocates some activities to Switzerland[94]<\/a> because he is once again doing business with his father's former partner, Stephan Oelkers. Oelkers convinced Nelson to move his operations center from Hamburg to Munich and to accept a new partner, Holger G\u00fcnther Rumscheidt. This should work with the Austrian secret service[95]<\/a> and attempt to take the Bad Aibling station back from the NSA (American Military Intelligence)[96]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is an imposing and extremely symbolic temptation: the Bad Aibling interception station was born in 1936 as a military airport and radar center of the Luftwaffe, and at the end of the war, the American army converted it into a camp transit for released prisoners of war and victims of National Socialist concentration camps. A very famous concentration camp that the writers G\u00fcnter Grass and Joseph Ratzinger (the future Pope Benedict XVI) passed through[97]<\/a>. From 1952 until the closure, requested by the European Union in 2001 and carried out in 2004 (officially, since the facility was still in operation in 2013[98]<\/a>), the NSA of Bad Aibling assembled its Echelon systems[99]<\/a> to intercept telephone communications of the entire planet[100]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The takeover of the NSA station would have been the dedication of Nelson and his employees to a company of global significance and almost unlimited power. Negotiations were not over when FinFisher started selling its FinSpy to Turkey and the world began to see the danger. After the research in Munich, Switzerland and Romania, Nelson began to liquidate all the companies as quickly as possible: some of them (Computplus Ltd., G2 Systems Ltd., Gamma 2000 Ltd., Gamma 2000 Waste Management Ltd., Gamma International (UK) Ltd.) were liquidated in early February 2021 at the time of writing[101]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is no turning back<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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April 14, 2007: Over a million peaceful citizens protest against the abolition of freedom and against a regime that has turned their homeland into a hell of oppression, violence and misery. An exciting scene of humanity that could hardly be repeated<\/sub><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, that does not change the substance of things. Today, February 2021, the government and its intelligence agencies in at least 40 countries around the world, the vast majority of which are ruled by dictatorships, have in their hands software that not only goes beyond doomsday scenarios. described by George Orwell, but also from \"Brazil\" by Terry Gilliam: Now, a regime no longer needs to discover that someone is preparing a plot to isolate, torture, condemn and exterminate them. The state can create evidence with the click of a computer, using software that in a thousandth of a second will doom each one of us and implicate each of our loved ones in our destruction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a society where the alienation of the individual from the common context has already reached worrying proportions, the software developed and sold by a small handful of criminals totally unknown to the public has enabled humanity to embark on a path of no return: one where there is nothing more true and verifiable in which each of us must doubt who is around us, and even (and even more) ourselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The weakness and superficiality with which Western governments (especially the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom) have allowed this software to be distributed across the planet for purely selfish calculations is unforgivable and the sign that 75 years after the end of WWII, 30 years after the end of the cold war, and the fear of nuclear conflict when nature rebels against the foolish way we are destroying it, people have crossed the line ultimate \u2013 those in which the enemy who kills does not come from outside, but from within \u2013 and is inexorable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/65-in-yuzbinleri-6335051<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/6554851.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/laik-turkiye-icin-caglayan-a-6426626<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/3-miting-3-mesaj-6462629<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/izmir-rekor-bekliyor-6495436<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/turkey-used-german-spy-software-on-opposition-politicians-and-activists\/a-43787769<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/atalayar.com\/en\/content\/turkish-spy-networks-control-opponents<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-39416954<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.birgun.net\/haber\/iddia-pelikancilar-hakan-fidan-gitsin-diyor-283382<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trthaber.com\/haber\/gundem\/iletisim-baskanligi-berat-albayrakin-gorevden-af-talebi-kabul-edilmistir-529559.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/europe\/russia-accuses-president-erdogan-s-son-law-being-linked-isis-oil-trade-a6761436.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2016\/09\/turkey-redhackers-daunt-the-erdogan-family.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/thepressproject.gr\/exclusive-wikileaks-documents-relations-erdogan-isis-oil-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.duvarenglish.com\/sport\/2020\/02\/10\/politics-in-stadiums-fenerbahce-fans-urge-minister-albayrak-to-keep-hands-off-football<\/a> ; https:\/\/odatv4.com\/fenerbahceliler-damata-karsi-ayaga-kalkti-02022031.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> Intelligence Online, \u201cHakan Fidan close to ministerial promotion<\/em>\u201d, see in 2020.11.18 Hakan Fidan Minister<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkey-launches-project-to-train-1-million-software-developers-154081<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> 2017.04.13 T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mill%C3%AE_%C4%B0stihbarat_Te%C5%9Fkil%C3%A2t%C4%B1#Leitung<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> Hakan Fidan on Nexis, pages 57-60<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/t24.com.tr\/haber\/adanada-3-tir-durduruldu-arama-yapiliyor,248707<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> 1000 colpi di mortaio, 1000 colpi di artiglieria, 50\u2019000 fucili d'assalto e 30\u2019000 munizioni per mitragliatrice \u2013 see in https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529223636\/http:\/\/www.aktifhaber.com\/devlet-sirri-denilen-mit-tirlari-ile-ilgili-tapeler-1053377h.htm#<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.haber7.com\/guncel\/haber\/1121773-mit-tirlari-neden-durduruldu<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com.tr\/haber\/mit-tirlari-boyle-durduruldu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/bianet.org\/bianet\/insan-haklari\/155519-tir-lari-durdurmakla-suclanan-13-askere-muebbet-istendi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.milliyet.com.tr\/gundem\/mit-tirlari-olayinda-yeni-gelisme-5-savci-gorevden-uzaklastirildi-1999064<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/erdogandan-canli-yayinda-can-dundara-tehdit-288885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/www.faz.net\/aktuell\/politik\/ausland\/europa\/tuerkei\/tuerkei-kampf-gegen-die-soldaten-des-lichts-12715816.html?printPagedArticle=true#pageIndex_3<\/a> ; https:\/\/taz.de\/Wie-Guelen-zum-Staatsfeind-Nr-1-wurde\/!5323191\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.sabah.com.tr\/gundem\/2021\/02\/03\/son-dakika-istihbarattaki-fetocu-generalden-bomba-itiraflar-tegmen-rutbemi-fetullah-gulen-takti<\/a> ; https:\/\/tr.sputniknews.com\/turkiye\/202001211041211454-sozcu-ilker-basbugu-cezaevine-attiran-feto-mektubunu-acikliyoruz\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.genios.de\/presse-archiv\/artikel\/FAZ\/20171111\/jagd-auf-die-guelenisten\/FR1201711115279571.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nadir.org\/nadir\/initiativ\/isku\/hintergrund\/geheimdienste\/geheim994.htm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/tuerkischer-geheimdienst-liess-erdogan-gegner-in-deutschland-ausspionieren\/12027820.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article157778863\/Erdogans-Agenten-bedrohen-Tuerken-in-Deutschland.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.derstandard.at\/story\/1397522175727\/geheimdienst-staat-tuerkei<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2020\/09\/turkey-austria-spy-nehammer-kurdish-clashes-protests-vienna.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/austria-turkey-espionage-int-idUSKBN25S4R5<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/10\/13\/world\/europe\/turkey-austria-erdogan-assassin.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/global-europe\/news\/flemish-minister-turkish-sponosred-mosque-is-nest-of-spies\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/07\/06\/influenced-by-gulenists-belgium-targets-turkish-mosques-fighting-extremism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/erdogan-critics-listed-by-turkish-embassy-in-prague-were-included-in-bogus-terrorism-probe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turk-greek-ties-strained-by-arson-row-10324<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-greece-germany-spying\/greek-police-arrest-german-on-suspicion-of-spying-idUSBRE97208820130803<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kathimerini.gr\/society\/896001\/istories-me-kataskopoys-sto-aigaio\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.larissanet.gr\/2019\/06\/21\/dikazetai-sti-rodo-kataskopos-tis-tourkias\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/ahvalnews.com\/mit\/turkish-intelligence-recruits-eu-retirees-spy-greece<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/04\/turkish-intelligence-operations-targeting-critics-in-greece-exposed-in-secret-documents\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/intelnews.org\/2016\/12\/09\/01-2023\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/more-secret-documents-confirming-vast-turkish-espionage-activities-in-greece-uncovered\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.skai.gr\/news\/greece\/dyo-syllipseis-ellinon-gia-kataskopeia-sti-rodo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-kosovo-security-turkey-idUSKBN1H70CC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/opinion\/murat-yetkin\/turkish-intelligence-unveils-secret-codes-used-before-coup-attempt-103843<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2018\/09\/turkish-teachers-detained-moldova-gulen.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/balkaninsight.com\/2018\/09\/06\/six-turkish-professors-detained-by-moldovan-secret-services-09-06-2018\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/turkeypurge.com\/turkey-spying-imams-active-also-in-norway<\/a> ; https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/turkeys-autocratic-president-erdogans-spying-profiling-expands-in-norway\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/kafila.org\/www-matthewaid-com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/report-sweden-launches-espionage-probe-into-turkish-govt-representatives\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/politics\/undiplomatic_swiss-eye-alleged-turkish-kidnapping-attempt\/43973170<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/swiss-foreign-minister-warns-turkey-against-illegal-spying-111199<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/eu-affairs\/2017\/05\/01\/as-anti-turkish-politics-grip-europe-turkish-swiss-policeman-arrested<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-brings-key-feto-suspect-from-ukraine-to-turkey-134608<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.meforum.org\/60976\/turkish-spy-agency-mit-intelligence-gathering-australia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-egypt-court\/egypt-detains-29-people-on-suspicion-of-espionage-for-turkey-idUSKBN1DM1AN<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.egypttoday.com\/Article\/1\/33764\/In-Pictures-Egypt-foils-Turkish-espionage-attempt<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-agency-brings-three-feto-members-from-gabon-to-turkey-130050<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/turkey\/turkish-intelligence-agency-rescues-a-kidnapped-italian-citizen-in-kenya-36192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20190807-libyan-national-army-turkish-intelligence-is-operating-in-tripoli\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/11\/27\/senior-feto-figure-captured-by-turkish-intelligence-in-sudan\/amp<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/07\/turkish-diplomats-have-extensively-spied-on-critics-in-the-united-states\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/1101683.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intel-returns-wanted-feto-from-azerbaijan-140108<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/06\/turkish-diplomats-spy-on-erdogan-critics-in-georgia-secret-document-reveals\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2019\/04\/22\/4-pkk-terrorists-brought-to-turkey-from-iraq-in-operation-by-turkish-intelligence<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/news\/pkk-confirms-capture-two-turkish-spies-iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.presstv.com\/Detail\/2017\/08\/29\/533306\/PKK-Turkish-officers-spying-Iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.sabah.com.tr\/gundem\/2019\/07\/07\/son-dakika-teror-orgutu-pkkkcknin-sozde-baskanlik-konseyi-uyesi-diyar-garip-muhammed-etkisiz-hale-getirildi<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thedefensepost.com\/2018\/08\/15\/turkey-airstrike-pkk-sinjar-iraq\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/menafn.com\/1098975780\/Turkish-warplanes-neutralize-4-PKK-terrorists-In-Iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2019\/09\/16\/3-pkk-terrorists-neutralized-by-turkish-jets-in-northern-iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkey-neutralizes-senior-female-ypg-pkk-terrorist-150730<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/cellmate-teacher-abducted-by-turkeys-mit-from-malaysia-subjected-to-torture-in-ankara\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligences-captures-feto-suspect-in-malaysia-146188<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-mongolia-kidnapping-turkey-idUSKBN1KI03N<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/pakistan\/pakistan-admits-they-secretly-deported-turkish-family-wanted-by-erdogan-govt-4895423\/lite\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turkish_involvement_in_the_Syrian_civil_war<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/securityaffairs.co\/wordpress\/41169\/breaking-news\/finfisher-spyware-new-customers.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.business-humanrights.org\/en\/latest-news\/german-prosecutor-to-investigate-finfisher-for-allegedly-selling-spyware-used-against-journalists-and-activists-in-turkey-without-license\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.ecchr.eu\/en\/press-release\/german-prosecutor-opens-criminal-investiation-into-finfisher-for-selling-spyware-to-turkey-without-license\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reporter-ohne-grenzen.de\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/freiheitsrechte.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[60]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[61]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecchr.eu\/en\/about-us\/?L=2<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[62]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 4-5<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[63]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 6-7, page 12<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[64]<\/a> https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847361\/UK-NCP-initial-complaint-privacy-international-and-others-against-gamma-international-uk-ltd.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847362\/UK-NCP-Final-statement-complaint-Privacy-International-Gamma-International-UK-Ltd.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847364\/uk-ncp-follow-up-statement-privacy-international-gamma-international.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[65]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/privacy-international-complaint-to-uk-ncp-about-gamma-international-uk-ltd<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[66]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/finfisher-malicious-spyware-disguised-mozilla-firefox-discovered-36-countries-1233177<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[67]<\/a> https:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/home\/security-news\/finfisher-command-and-control-hubs-turn-up-in-11-new-countries\/<\/a> ; 2013.04.01 SC Magazine on FinFisher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[68]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/german-prosecutors-investigate-spyware-maker-finfisher\/a-50293812<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[69]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/2020\/unsere-strafanzeige-razzia-bei-staatstrojaner-firma-finfisher-in-muenchen\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[70]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/intelligence_privacy\/avira-lantivirus-comprato-dai-servizi-segreti-del-golfo-persico\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/blogs.mediapart.fr\/paolo-fusi\/blog\/260920\/le-hacker-militaire-qui-achete-avira<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[71]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/research\/2020\/09\/german-made-finspy-spyware-found-in-egypt-and-mac-and-linux-versions-revealed\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[72]<\/a> https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/BL-DGB-23568<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/technology\/apple\/8912714\/Apple-iTunes-flaw-allowed-government-spying-for-3-years.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/krebsonsecurity.com\/2011\/11\/apple-took-3-years-to-fix-finfisher-trojan-hole\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2012-07-25\/cyber-attacks-on-activists-traced-to-finfisher-spyware-of-gamma<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[75]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/tecnologia\/2015\/07\/12\/news\/segreti-concorrenza-e-fobie-tutti-i-punti-deboli-di-hacking-team-1.35241096<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[76]<\/a> https:\/\/citizenlab.ca\/2015\/10\/mapping-finfishers-continuing-proliferation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[77]<\/a> https:\/\/bigbrotherawards.de\/en\/2012\/technology-gamma-international<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[78]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/pdf\/gammagrouploutheannelsonwapenhandelaarspursang.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/slideum.com\/doc\/9973831\/gehele-observant-%2369--januari-2017-politie-mercenaries<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[82]<\/a> https:\/\/www.referenceforbusiness.com\/history2\/1\/CompuDyne-Corporation.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[83]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[85]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/02088610<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[86]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[91]<\/a> https:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/200809010266.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[92]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nti.org\/gsn\/article\/danish-man-charged-with-wmd-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[93]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[94]<\/a> Elaman AG Malans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[95]<\/a> Holger G\u00fcnther Rumscheidt Kirchberg in Tirol<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[98]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[99]<\/a> James Bamford, \u201cBody of secrets: Anatomy of the ultra-secret NSA<\/em>\u201d, Anchor Books, New York, 2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[100]<\/a> https:\/\/www.europarl.europa.eu\/sides\/getDoc.do?pubRef=-\/\/EP\/\/TEXT+REPORT+A5-2001-0264+0+DOC+XML+V0\/\/EN<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[101]<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"From sci-fi to nightmare: how spyware are used to track down opponents","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"from-sci-fi-to-nightmare-how-spyware-are-used-to-track-down-opponents","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:40","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3973","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":3939,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2021-02-06 00:02:15","post_date_gmt":"2021-02-06 00:02:15","post_content":"\n

\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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The chart of the investments of the Gamma International Group as well as of associated persons and companies \u2013 \u00a9 IBI World Ltd. London<\/sub><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A new era is beginning in which the old wiretapping will soon be overcome and forgotten. The young Louthean begins to work with Niels J\u00f8rgen Tobiasen and his two companies: The CBRN Team Ltd. London[88]<\/a> and The Phoenix Hazard Training Ltd. Darlington[89]<\/a>. It is an industrial operation that arose out of a contract to supply chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapons to Uganda[90]<\/a> which was negotiated with a member of the government, Ananias Tumukunde, who had accepted a bribe of \u00a3 40,000[91]<\/a>. An operation that ended with the arrest of Tumukunde in Kampala and Tobiasen in London in July 2007[92]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During these years, Louthean Nelson also tried to facilitate a collaboration with the hacking team of David Vincenzetti: with one of the best hackers of the Milan group, Alberto Pelliccione, Nelson tried after a while to find a system. to hack Nokia devices \u2013 but Pelliccione changes his mind when he finds out Nelson has started delivering weapons to countries affected by international sanctions through a company that has now been liquidated, Cyan Engineering Services SAL Beirut[93]<\/a>. Something that Pelliccione wants nothing to do with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps even more surprising is the next business: Nelson founds Elaman and relocates some activities to Switzerland[94]<\/a> because he is once again doing business with his father's former partner, Stephan Oelkers. Oelkers convinced Nelson to move his operations center from Hamburg to Munich and to accept a new partner, Holger G\u00fcnther Rumscheidt. This should work with the Austrian secret service[95]<\/a> and attempt to take the Bad Aibling station back from the NSA (American Military Intelligence)[96]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is an imposing and extremely symbolic temptation: the Bad Aibling interception station was born in 1936 as a military airport and radar center of the Luftwaffe, and at the end of the war, the American army converted it into a camp transit for released prisoners of war and victims of National Socialist concentration camps. A very famous concentration camp that the writers G\u00fcnter Grass and Joseph Ratzinger (the future Pope Benedict XVI) passed through[97]<\/a>. From 1952 until the closure, requested by the European Union in 2001 and carried out in 2004 (officially, since the facility was still in operation in 2013[98]<\/a>), the NSA of Bad Aibling assembled its Echelon systems[99]<\/a> to intercept telephone communications of the entire planet[100]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The takeover of the NSA station would have been the dedication of Nelson and his employees to a company of global significance and almost unlimited power. Negotiations were not over when FinFisher started selling its FinSpy to Turkey and the world began to see the danger. After the research in Munich, Switzerland and Romania, Nelson began to liquidate all the companies as quickly as possible: some of them (Computplus Ltd., G2 Systems Ltd., Gamma 2000 Ltd., Gamma 2000 Waste Management Ltd., Gamma International (UK) Ltd.) were liquidated in early February 2021 at the time of writing[101]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is no turning back<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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April 14, 2007: Over a million peaceful citizens protest against the abolition of freedom and against a regime that has turned their homeland into a hell of oppression, violence and misery. An exciting scene of humanity that could hardly be repeated<\/sub><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, that does not change the substance of things. Today, February 2021, the government and its intelligence agencies in at least 40 countries around the world, the vast majority of which are ruled by dictatorships, have in their hands software that not only goes beyond doomsday scenarios. described by George Orwell, but also from \"Brazil\" by Terry Gilliam: Now, a regime no longer needs to discover that someone is preparing a plot to isolate, torture, condemn and exterminate them. The state can create evidence with the click of a computer, using software that in a thousandth of a second will doom each one of us and implicate each of our loved ones in our destruction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a society where the alienation of the individual from the common context has already reached worrying proportions, the software developed and sold by a small handful of criminals totally unknown to the public has enabled humanity to embark on a path of no return: one where there is nothing more true and verifiable in which each of us must doubt who is around us, and even (and even more) ourselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The weakness and superficiality with which Western governments (especially the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom) have allowed this software to be distributed across the planet for purely selfish calculations is unforgivable and the sign that 75 years after the end of WWII, 30 years after the end of the cold war, and the fear of nuclear conflict when nature rebels against the foolish way we are destroying it, people have crossed the line ultimate \u2013 those in which the enemy who kills does not come from outside, but from within \u2013 and is inexorable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/65-in-yuzbinleri-6335051<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/6554851.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/laik-turkiye-icin-caglayan-a-6426626<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/3-miting-3-mesaj-6462629<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/izmir-rekor-bekliyor-6495436<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/turkey-used-german-spy-software-on-opposition-politicians-and-activists\/a-43787769<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/atalayar.com\/en\/content\/turkish-spy-networks-control-opponents<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-39416954<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.birgun.net\/haber\/iddia-pelikancilar-hakan-fidan-gitsin-diyor-283382<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trthaber.com\/haber\/gundem\/iletisim-baskanligi-berat-albayrakin-gorevden-af-talebi-kabul-edilmistir-529559.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/europe\/russia-accuses-president-erdogan-s-son-law-being-linked-isis-oil-trade-a6761436.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2016\/09\/turkey-redhackers-daunt-the-erdogan-family.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/thepressproject.gr\/exclusive-wikileaks-documents-relations-erdogan-isis-oil-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.duvarenglish.com\/sport\/2020\/02\/10\/politics-in-stadiums-fenerbahce-fans-urge-minister-albayrak-to-keep-hands-off-football<\/a> ; https:\/\/odatv4.com\/fenerbahceliler-damata-karsi-ayaga-kalkti-02022031.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> Intelligence Online, \u201cHakan Fidan close to ministerial promotion<\/em>\u201d, see in 2020.11.18 Hakan Fidan Minister<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkey-launches-project-to-train-1-million-software-developers-154081<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> 2017.04.13 T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mill%C3%AE_%C4%B0stihbarat_Te%C5%9Fkil%C3%A2t%C4%B1#Leitung<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> Hakan Fidan on Nexis, pages 57-60<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/t24.com.tr\/haber\/adanada-3-tir-durduruldu-arama-yapiliyor,248707<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> 1000 colpi di mortaio, 1000 colpi di artiglieria, 50\u2019000 fucili d'assalto e 30\u2019000 munizioni per mitragliatrice \u2013 see in https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529223636\/http:\/\/www.aktifhaber.com\/devlet-sirri-denilen-mit-tirlari-ile-ilgili-tapeler-1053377h.htm#<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.haber7.com\/guncel\/haber\/1121773-mit-tirlari-neden-durduruldu<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com.tr\/haber\/mit-tirlari-boyle-durduruldu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/bianet.org\/bianet\/insan-haklari\/155519-tir-lari-durdurmakla-suclanan-13-askere-muebbet-istendi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.milliyet.com.tr\/gundem\/mit-tirlari-olayinda-yeni-gelisme-5-savci-gorevden-uzaklastirildi-1999064<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/erdogandan-canli-yayinda-can-dundara-tehdit-288885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/www.faz.net\/aktuell\/politik\/ausland\/europa\/tuerkei\/tuerkei-kampf-gegen-die-soldaten-des-lichts-12715816.html?printPagedArticle=true#pageIndex_3<\/a> ; https:\/\/taz.de\/Wie-Guelen-zum-Staatsfeind-Nr-1-wurde\/!5323191\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.sabah.com.tr\/gundem\/2021\/02\/03\/son-dakika-istihbarattaki-fetocu-generalden-bomba-itiraflar-tegmen-rutbemi-fetullah-gulen-takti<\/a> ; https:\/\/tr.sputniknews.com\/turkiye\/202001211041211454-sozcu-ilker-basbugu-cezaevine-attiran-feto-mektubunu-acikliyoruz\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.genios.de\/presse-archiv\/artikel\/FAZ\/20171111\/jagd-auf-die-guelenisten\/FR1201711115279571.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nadir.org\/nadir\/initiativ\/isku\/hintergrund\/geheimdienste\/geheim994.htm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/tuerkischer-geheimdienst-liess-erdogan-gegner-in-deutschland-ausspionieren\/12027820.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article157778863\/Erdogans-Agenten-bedrohen-Tuerken-in-Deutschland.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.derstandard.at\/story\/1397522175727\/geheimdienst-staat-tuerkei<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2020\/09\/turkey-austria-spy-nehammer-kurdish-clashes-protests-vienna.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/austria-turkey-espionage-int-idUSKBN25S4R5<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/10\/13\/world\/europe\/turkey-austria-erdogan-assassin.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/global-europe\/news\/flemish-minister-turkish-sponosred-mosque-is-nest-of-spies\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/07\/06\/influenced-by-gulenists-belgium-targets-turkish-mosques-fighting-extremism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/erdogan-critics-listed-by-turkish-embassy-in-prague-were-included-in-bogus-terrorism-probe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turk-greek-ties-strained-by-arson-row-10324<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-greece-germany-spying\/greek-police-arrest-german-on-suspicion-of-spying-idUSBRE97208820130803<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kathimerini.gr\/society\/896001\/istories-me-kataskopoys-sto-aigaio\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.larissanet.gr\/2019\/06\/21\/dikazetai-sti-rodo-kataskopos-tis-tourkias\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/ahvalnews.com\/mit\/turkish-intelligence-recruits-eu-retirees-spy-greece<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/04\/turkish-intelligence-operations-targeting-critics-in-greece-exposed-in-secret-documents\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/intelnews.org\/2016\/12\/09\/01-2023\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/more-secret-documents-confirming-vast-turkish-espionage-activities-in-greece-uncovered\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.skai.gr\/news\/greece\/dyo-syllipseis-ellinon-gia-kataskopeia-sti-rodo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-kosovo-security-turkey-idUSKBN1H70CC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/opinion\/murat-yetkin\/turkish-intelligence-unveils-secret-codes-used-before-coup-attempt-103843<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2018\/09\/turkish-teachers-detained-moldova-gulen.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/balkaninsight.com\/2018\/09\/06\/six-turkish-professors-detained-by-moldovan-secret-services-09-06-2018\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/turkeypurge.com\/turkey-spying-imams-active-also-in-norway<\/a> ; https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/turkeys-autocratic-president-erdogans-spying-profiling-expands-in-norway\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/kafila.org\/www-matthewaid-com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/report-sweden-launches-espionage-probe-into-turkish-govt-representatives\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/politics\/undiplomatic_swiss-eye-alleged-turkish-kidnapping-attempt\/43973170<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/swiss-foreign-minister-warns-turkey-against-illegal-spying-111199<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/eu-affairs\/2017\/05\/01\/as-anti-turkish-politics-grip-europe-turkish-swiss-policeman-arrested<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-brings-key-feto-suspect-from-ukraine-to-turkey-134608<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.meforum.org\/60976\/turkish-spy-agency-mit-intelligence-gathering-australia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-egypt-court\/egypt-detains-29-people-on-suspicion-of-espionage-for-turkey-idUSKBN1DM1AN<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.egypttoday.com\/Article\/1\/33764\/In-Pictures-Egypt-foils-Turkish-espionage-attempt<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-agency-brings-three-feto-members-from-gabon-to-turkey-130050<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/turkey\/turkish-intelligence-agency-rescues-a-kidnapped-italian-citizen-in-kenya-36192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20190807-libyan-national-army-turkish-intelligence-is-operating-in-tripoli\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/11\/27\/senior-feto-figure-captured-by-turkish-intelligence-in-sudan\/amp<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/07\/turkish-diplomats-have-extensively-spied-on-critics-in-the-united-states\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/1101683.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intel-returns-wanted-feto-from-azerbaijan-140108<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/06\/turkish-diplomats-spy-on-erdogan-critics-in-georgia-secret-document-reveals\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[52]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/cellmate-teacher-abducted-by-turkeys-mit-from-malaysia-subjected-to-torture-in-ankara\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligences-captures-feto-suspect-in-malaysia-146188<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-mongolia-kidnapping-turkey-idUSKBN1KI03N<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/pakistan\/pakistan-admits-they-secretly-deported-turkish-family-wanted-by-erdogan-govt-4895423\/lite\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turkish_involvement_in_the_Syrian_civil_war<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[58]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reporter-ohne-grenzen.de\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/freiheitsrechte.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[60]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[63]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 6-7, page 12<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[66]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/finfisher-malicious-spyware-disguised-mozilla-firefox-discovered-36-countries-1233177<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[67]<\/a> https:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/home\/security-news\/finfisher-command-and-control-hubs-turn-up-in-11-new-countries\/<\/a> ; 2013.04.01 SC Magazine on FinFisher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[68]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/german-prosecutors-investigate-spyware-maker-finfisher\/a-50293812<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[69]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/2020\/unsere-strafanzeige-razzia-bei-staatstrojaner-firma-finfisher-in-muenchen\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[70]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/intelligence_privacy\/avira-lantivirus-comprato-dai-servizi-segreti-del-golfo-persico\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/blogs.mediapart.fr\/paolo-fusi\/blog\/260920\/le-hacker-militaire-qui-achete-avira<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[71]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/research\/2020\/09\/german-made-finspy-spyware-found-in-egypt-and-mac-and-linux-versions-revealed\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[75]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/tecnologia\/2015\/07\/12\/news\/segreti-concorrenza-e-fobie-tutti-i-punti-deboli-di-hacking-team-1.35241096<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[76]<\/a> https:\/\/citizenlab.ca\/2015\/10\/mapping-finfishers-continuing-proliferation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[77]<\/a> https:\/\/bigbrotherawards.de\/en\/2012\/technology-gamma-international<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[78]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/pdf\/gammagrouploutheannelsonwapenhandelaarspursang.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/slideum.com\/doc\/9973831\/gehele-observant-%2369--januari-2017-politie-mercenaries<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[79]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[81]<\/a> U.S. Department of Commerce, Industry and Trade Administration, \u201cCommercial News USA<\/em>\u201d, U.S. Foreign Commercial Service, Washington DC, 1979, page 38<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[82]<\/a> https:\/\/www.referenceforbusiness.com\/history2\/1\/CompuDyne-Corporation.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[84]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/hk\/0475615<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[85]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/02088610<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[86]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[87]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/01958854<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[92]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nti.org\/gsn\/article\/danish-man-charged-with-wmd-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[94]<\/a> Elaman AG Malans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[99]<\/a> James Bamford, \u201cBody of secrets: Anatomy of the ultra-secret NSA<\/em>\u201d, Anchor Books, New York, 2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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A new era is beginning in which the old wiretapping will soon be overcome and forgotten. The young Louthean begins to work with Niels J\u00f8rgen Tobiasen and his two companies: The CBRN Team Ltd. London[88]<\/a> and The Phoenix Hazard Training Ltd. Darlington[89]<\/a>. It is an industrial operation that arose out of a contract to supply chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapons to Uganda[90]<\/a> which was negotiated with a member of the government, Ananias Tumukunde, who had accepted a bribe of \u00a3 40,000[91]<\/a>. An operation that ended with the arrest of Tumukunde in Kampala and Tobiasen in London in July 2007[92]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During these years, Louthean Nelson also tried to facilitate a collaboration with the hacking team of David Vincenzetti: with one of the best hackers of the Milan group, Alberto Pelliccione, Nelson tried after a while to find a system. to hack Nokia devices \u2013 but Pelliccione changes his mind when he finds out Nelson has started delivering weapons to countries affected by international sanctions through a company that has now been liquidated, Cyan Engineering Services SAL Beirut[93]<\/a>. Something that Pelliccione wants nothing to do with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps even more surprising is the next business: Nelson founds Elaman and relocates some activities to Switzerland[94]<\/a> because he is once again doing business with his father's former partner, Stephan Oelkers. Oelkers convinced Nelson to move his operations center from Hamburg to Munich and to accept a new partner, Holger G\u00fcnther Rumscheidt. This should work with the Austrian secret service[95]<\/a> and attempt to take the Bad Aibling station back from the NSA (American Military Intelligence)[96]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is an imposing and extremely symbolic temptation: the Bad Aibling interception station was born in 1936 as a military airport and radar center of the Luftwaffe, and at the end of the war, the American army converted it into a camp transit for released prisoners of war and victims of National Socialist concentration camps. A very famous concentration camp that the writers G\u00fcnter Grass and Joseph Ratzinger (the future Pope Benedict XVI) passed through[97]<\/a>. From 1952 until the closure, requested by the European Union in 2001 and carried out in 2004 (officially, since the facility was still in operation in 2013[98]<\/a>), the NSA of Bad Aibling assembled its Echelon systems[99]<\/a> to intercept telephone communications of the entire planet[100]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The takeover of the NSA station would have been the dedication of Nelson and his employees to a company of global significance and almost unlimited power. Negotiations were not over when FinFisher started selling its FinSpy to Turkey and the world began to see the danger. After the research in Munich, Switzerland and Romania, Nelson began to liquidate all the companies as quickly as possible: some of them (Computplus Ltd., G2 Systems Ltd., Gamma 2000 Ltd., Gamma 2000 Waste Management Ltd., Gamma International (UK) Ltd.) were liquidated in early February 2021 at the time of writing[101]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is no turning back<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

April 14, 2007: Over a million peaceful citizens protest against the abolition of freedom and against a regime that has turned their homeland into a hell of oppression, violence and misery. An exciting scene of humanity that could hardly be repeated<\/sub><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, that does not change the substance of things. Today, February 2021, the government and its intelligence agencies in at least 40 countries around the world, the vast majority of which are ruled by dictatorships, have in their hands software that not only goes beyond doomsday scenarios. described by George Orwell, but also from \"Brazil\" by Terry Gilliam: Now, a regime no longer needs to discover that someone is preparing a plot to isolate, torture, condemn and exterminate them. The state can create evidence with the click of a computer, using software that in a thousandth of a second will doom each one of us and implicate each of our loved ones in our destruction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a society where the alienation of the individual from the common context has already reached worrying proportions, the software developed and sold by a small handful of criminals totally unknown to the public has enabled humanity to embark on a path of no return: one where there is nothing more true and verifiable in which each of us must doubt who is around us, and even (and even more) ourselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The weakness and superficiality with which Western governments (especially the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom) have allowed this software to be distributed across the planet for purely selfish calculations is unforgivable and the sign that 75 years after the end of WWII, 30 years after the end of the cold war, and the fear of nuclear conflict when nature rebels against the foolish way we are destroying it, people have crossed the line ultimate \u2013 those in which the enemy who kills does not come from outside, but from within \u2013 and is inexorable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/65-in-yuzbinleri-6335051<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/6554851.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/laik-turkiye-icin-caglayan-a-6426626<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/3-miting-3-mesaj-6462629<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/izmir-rekor-bekliyor-6495436<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/turkey-used-german-spy-software-on-opposition-politicians-and-activists\/a-43787769<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/atalayar.com\/en\/content\/turkish-spy-networks-control-opponents<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-39416954<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.birgun.net\/haber\/iddia-pelikancilar-hakan-fidan-gitsin-diyor-283382<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trthaber.com\/haber\/gundem\/iletisim-baskanligi-berat-albayrakin-gorevden-af-talebi-kabul-edilmistir-529559.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/europe\/russia-accuses-president-erdogan-s-son-law-being-linked-isis-oil-trade-a6761436.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2016\/09\/turkey-redhackers-daunt-the-erdogan-family.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/thepressproject.gr\/exclusive-wikileaks-documents-relations-erdogan-isis-oil-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.duvarenglish.com\/sport\/2020\/02\/10\/politics-in-stadiums-fenerbahce-fans-urge-minister-albayrak-to-keep-hands-off-football<\/a> ; https:\/\/odatv4.com\/fenerbahceliler-damata-karsi-ayaga-kalkti-02022031.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> Intelligence Online, \u201cHakan Fidan close to ministerial promotion<\/em>\u201d, see in 2020.11.18 Hakan Fidan Minister<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkey-launches-project-to-train-1-million-software-developers-154081<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> 2017.04.13 T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mill%C3%AE_%C4%B0stihbarat_Te%C5%9Fkil%C3%A2t%C4%B1#Leitung<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> Hakan Fidan on Nexis, pages 57-60<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/t24.com.tr\/haber\/adanada-3-tir-durduruldu-arama-yapiliyor,248707<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> 1000 colpi di mortaio, 1000 colpi di artiglieria, 50\u2019000 fucili d'assalto e 30\u2019000 munizioni per mitragliatrice \u2013 see in https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529223636\/http:\/\/www.aktifhaber.com\/devlet-sirri-denilen-mit-tirlari-ile-ilgili-tapeler-1053377h.htm#<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.haber7.com\/guncel\/haber\/1121773-mit-tirlari-neden-durduruldu<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com.tr\/haber\/mit-tirlari-boyle-durduruldu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/bianet.org\/bianet\/insan-haklari\/155519-tir-lari-durdurmakla-suclanan-13-askere-muebbet-istendi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.milliyet.com.tr\/gundem\/mit-tirlari-olayinda-yeni-gelisme-5-savci-gorevden-uzaklastirildi-1999064<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/erdogandan-canli-yayinda-can-dundara-tehdit-288885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/www.faz.net\/aktuell\/politik\/ausland\/europa\/tuerkei\/tuerkei-kampf-gegen-die-soldaten-des-lichts-12715816.html?printPagedArticle=true#pageIndex_3<\/a> ; https:\/\/taz.de\/Wie-Guelen-zum-Staatsfeind-Nr-1-wurde\/!5323191\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.sabah.com.tr\/gundem\/2021\/02\/03\/son-dakika-istihbarattaki-fetocu-generalden-bomba-itiraflar-tegmen-rutbemi-fetullah-gulen-takti<\/a> ; https:\/\/tr.sputniknews.com\/turkiye\/202001211041211454-sozcu-ilker-basbugu-cezaevine-attiran-feto-mektubunu-acikliyoruz\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.genios.de\/presse-archiv\/artikel\/FAZ\/20171111\/jagd-auf-die-guelenisten\/FR1201711115279571.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nadir.org\/nadir\/initiativ\/isku\/hintergrund\/geheimdienste\/geheim994.htm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/tuerkischer-geheimdienst-liess-erdogan-gegner-in-deutschland-ausspionieren\/12027820.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article157778863\/Erdogans-Agenten-bedrohen-Tuerken-in-Deutschland.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.derstandard.at\/story\/1397522175727\/geheimdienst-staat-tuerkei<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2020\/09\/turkey-austria-spy-nehammer-kurdish-clashes-protests-vienna.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/austria-turkey-espionage-int-idUSKBN25S4R5<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/10\/13\/world\/europe\/turkey-austria-erdogan-assassin.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/global-europe\/news\/flemish-minister-turkish-sponosred-mosque-is-nest-of-spies\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/07\/06\/influenced-by-gulenists-belgium-targets-turkish-mosques-fighting-extremism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/erdogan-critics-listed-by-turkish-embassy-in-prague-were-included-in-bogus-terrorism-probe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turk-greek-ties-strained-by-arson-row-10324<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-greece-germany-spying\/greek-police-arrest-german-on-suspicion-of-spying-idUSBRE97208820130803<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kathimerini.gr\/society\/896001\/istories-me-kataskopoys-sto-aigaio\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.larissanet.gr\/2019\/06\/21\/dikazetai-sti-rodo-kataskopos-tis-tourkias\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/ahvalnews.com\/mit\/turkish-intelligence-recruits-eu-retirees-spy-greece<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/04\/turkish-intelligence-operations-targeting-critics-in-greece-exposed-in-secret-documents\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/intelnews.org\/2016\/12\/09\/01-2023\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/more-secret-documents-confirming-vast-turkish-espionage-activities-in-greece-uncovered\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.skai.gr\/news\/greece\/dyo-syllipseis-ellinon-gia-kataskopeia-sti-rodo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-kosovo-security-turkey-idUSKBN1H70CC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/opinion\/murat-yetkin\/turkish-intelligence-unveils-secret-codes-used-before-coup-attempt-103843<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2018\/09\/turkish-teachers-detained-moldova-gulen.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/balkaninsight.com\/2018\/09\/06\/six-turkish-professors-detained-by-moldovan-secret-services-09-06-2018\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/turkeypurge.com\/turkey-spying-imams-active-also-in-norway<\/a> ; https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/turkeys-autocratic-president-erdogans-spying-profiling-expands-in-norway\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/kafila.org\/www-matthewaid-com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/report-sweden-launches-espionage-probe-into-turkish-govt-representatives\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/politics\/undiplomatic_swiss-eye-alleged-turkish-kidnapping-attempt\/43973170<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/swiss-foreign-minister-warns-turkey-against-illegal-spying-111199<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/eu-affairs\/2017\/05\/01\/as-anti-turkish-politics-grip-europe-turkish-swiss-policeman-arrested<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-brings-key-feto-suspect-from-ukraine-to-turkey-134608<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.meforum.org\/60976\/turkish-spy-agency-mit-intelligence-gathering-australia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-egypt-court\/egypt-detains-29-people-on-suspicion-of-espionage-for-turkey-idUSKBN1DM1AN<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.egypttoday.com\/Article\/1\/33764\/In-Pictures-Egypt-foils-Turkish-espionage-attempt<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-agency-brings-three-feto-members-from-gabon-to-turkey-130050<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/turkey\/turkish-intelligence-agency-rescues-a-kidnapped-italian-citizen-in-kenya-36192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20190807-libyan-national-army-turkish-intelligence-is-operating-in-tripoli\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/11\/27\/senior-feto-figure-captured-by-turkish-intelligence-in-sudan\/amp<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/07\/turkish-diplomats-have-extensively-spied-on-critics-in-the-united-states\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/1101683.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intel-returns-wanted-feto-from-azerbaijan-140108<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/06\/turkish-diplomats-spy-on-erdogan-critics-in-georgia-secret-document-reveals\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2019\/04\/22\/4-pkk-terrorists-brought-to-turkey-from-iraq-in-operation-by-turkish-intelligence<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/news\/pkk-confirms-capture-two-turkish-spies-iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.presstv.com\/Detail\/2017\/08\/29\/533306\/PKK-Turkish-officers-spying-Iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.sabah.com.tr\/gundem\/2019\/07\/07\/son-dakika-teror-orgutu-pkkkcknin-sozde-baskanlik-konseyi-uyesi-diyar-garip-muhammed-etkisiz-hale-getirildi<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thedefensepost.com\/2018\/08\/15\/turkey-airstrike-pkk-sinjar-iraq\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/menafn.com\/1098975780\/Turkish-warplanes-neutralize-4-PKK-terrorists-In-Iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2019\/09\/16\/3-pkk-terrorists-neutralized-by-turkish-jets-in-northern-iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkey-neutralizes-senior-female-ypg-pkk-terrorist-150730<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/cellmate-teacher-abducted-by-turkeys-mit-from-malaysia-subjected-to-torture-in-ankara\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligences-captures-feto-suspect-in-malaysia-146188<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-mongolia-kidnapping-turkey-idUSKBN1KI03N<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/pakistan\/pakistan-admits-they-secretly-deported-turkish-family-wanted-by-erdogan-govt-4895423\/lite\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turkish_involvement_in_the_Syrian_civil_war<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/securityaffairs.co\/wordpress\/41169\/breaking-news\/finfisher-spyware-new-customers.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.business-humanrights.org\/en\/latest-news\/german-prosecutor-to-investigate-finfisher-for-allegedly-selling-spyware-used-against-journalists-and-activists-in-turkey-without-license\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.ecchr.eu\/en\/press-release\/german-prosecutor-opens-criminal-investiation-into-finfisher-for-selling-spyware-to-turkey-without-license\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reporter-ohne-grenzen.de\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/freiheitsrechte.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[60]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[61]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecchr.eu\/en\/about-us\/?L=2<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[62]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 4-5<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[63]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 6-7, page 12<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[64]<\/a> https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847361\/UK-NCP-initial-complaint-privacy-international-and-others-against-gamma-international-uk-ltd.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847362\/UK-NCP-Final-statement-complaint-Privacy-International-Gamma-International-UK-Ltd.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847364\/uk-ncp-follow-up-statement-privacy-international-gamma-international.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[65]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/privacy-international-complaint-to-uk-ncp-about-gamma-international-uk-ltd<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[66]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/finfisher-malicious-spyware-disguised-mozilla-firefox-discovered-36-countries-1233177<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[67]<\/a> https:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/home\/security-news\/finfisher-command-and-control-hubs-turn-up-in-11-new-countries\/<\/a> ; 2013.04.01 SC Magazine on FinFisher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[68]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/german-prosecutors-investigate-spyware-maker-finfisher\/a-50293812<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[69]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/2020\/unsere-strafanzeige-razzia-bei-staatstrojaner-firma-finfisher-in-muenchen\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[70]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/intelligence_privacy\/avira-lantivirus-comprato-dai-servizi-segreti-del-golfo-persico\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/blogs.mediapart.fr\/paolo-fusi\/blog\/260920\/le-hacker-militaire-qui-achete-avira<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[71]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/research\/2020\/09\/german-made-finspy-spyware-found-in-egypt-and-mac-and-linux-versions-revealed\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[72]<\/a> https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/BL-DGB-23568<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/technology\/apple\/8912714\/Apple-iTunes-flaw-allowed-government-spying-for-3-years.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/krebsonsecurity.com\/2011\/11\/apple-took-3-years-to-fix-finfisher-trojan-hole\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2012-07-25\/cyber-attacks-on-activists-traced-to-finfisher-spyware-of-gamma<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[76]<\/a> https:\/\/citizenlab.ca\/2015\/10\/mapping-finfishers-continuing-proliferation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[77]<\/a> https:\/\/bigbrotherawards.de\/en\/2012\/technology-gamma-international<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[78]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/pdf\/gammagrouploutheannelsonwapenhandelaarspursang.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/slideum.com\/doc\/9973831\/gehele-observant-%2369--januari-2017-politie-mercenaries<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[82]<\/a> https:\/\/www.referenceforbusiness.com\/history2\/1\/CompuDyne-Corporation.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[85]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/02088610<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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As he grew older, Kluever sold his company (the PK Electronics Group in Hamburg) to two engineers, the German Stephan Oelkers and the Englishman William Louthean Nelson. The latter had started running the Beijing office in 1985 and had established his own company, Personal Protection Products Ltd. Hong Kong[84]<\/a> in 1992, which until 1994, through its subsidiary in Hull[85]<\/a>, sold listening devices used by the British secret services to fight the IRA in Ulster[86]<\/a>. When Kluever retires, PK Electronics will be passed on to William Nelson and his Louthean son John Alexander Nelson, the founders of the Gamma International Group[87]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The chart of the investments of the Gamma International Group as well as of associated persons and companies \u2013 \u00a9 IBI World Ltd. London<\/sub><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A new era is beginning in which the old wiretapping will soon be overcome and forgotten. The young Louthean begins to work with Niels J\u00f8rgen Tobiasen and his two companies: The CBRN Team Ltd. London[88]<\/a> and The Phoenix Hazard Training Ltd. Darlington[89]<\/a>. It is an industrial operation that arose out of a contract to supply chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapons to Uganda[90]<\/a> which was negotiated with a member of the government, Ananias Tumukunde, who had accepted a bribe of \u00a3 40,000[91]<\/a>. An operation that ended with the arrest of Tumukunde in Kampala and Tobiasen in London in July 2007[92]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During these years, Louthean Nelson also tried to facilitate a collaboration with the hacking team of David Vincenzetti: with one of the best hackers of the Milan group, Alberto Pelliccione, Nelson tried after a while to find a system. to hack Nokia devices \u2013 but Pelliccione changes his mind when he finds out Nelson has started delivering weapons to countries affected by international sanctions through a company that has now been liquidated, Cyan Engineering Services SAL Beirut[93]<\/a>. Something that Pelliccione wants nothing to do with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps even more surprising is the next business: Nelson founds Elaman and relocates some activities to Switzerland[94]<\/a> because he is once again doing business with his father's former partner, Stephan Oelkers. Oelkers convinced Nelson to move his operations center from Hamburg to Munich and to accept a new partner, Holger G\u00fcnther Rumscheidt. This should work with the Austrian secret service[95]<\/a> and attempt to take the Bad Aibling station back from the NSA (American Military Intelligence)[96]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is an imposing and extremely symbolic temptation: the Bad Aibling interception station was born in 1936 as a military airport and radar center of the Luftwaffe, and at the end of the war, the American army converted it into a camp transit for released prisoners of war and victims of National Socialist concentration camps. A very famous concentration camp that the writers G\u00fcnter Grass and Joseph Ratzinger (the future Pope Benedict XVI) passed through[97]<\/a>. From 1952 until the closure, requested by the European Union in 2001 and carried out in 2004 (officially, since the facility was still in operation in 2013[98]<\/a>), the NSA of Bad Aibling assembled its Echelon systems[99]<\/a> to intercept telephone communications of the entire planet[100]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The takeover of the NSA station would have been the dedication of Nelson and his employees to a company of global significance and almost unlimited power. Negotiations were not over when FinFisher started selling its FinSpy to Turkey and the world began to see the danger. After the research in Munich, Switzerland and Romania, Nelson began to liquidate all the companies as quickly as possible: some of them (Computplus Ltd., G2 Systems Ltd., Gamma 2000 Ltd., Gamma 2000 Waste Management Ltd., Gamma International (UK) Ltd.) were liquidated in early February 2021 at the time of writing[101]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is no turning back<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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April 14, 2007: Over a million peaceful citizens protest against the abolition of freedom and against a regime that has turned their homeland into a hell of oppression, violence and misery. An exciting scene of humanity that could hardly be repeated<\/sub><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, that does not change the substance of things. Today, February 2021, the government and its intelligence agencies in at least 40 countries around the world, the vast majority of which are ruled by dictatorships, have in their hands software that not only goes beyond doomsday scenarios. described by George Orwell, but also from \"Brazil\" by Terry Gilliam: Now, a regime no longer needs to discover that someone is preparing a plot to isolate, torture, condemn and exterminate them. The state can create evidence with the click of a computer, using software that in a thousandth of a second will doom each one of us and implicate each of our loved ones in our destruction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a society where the alienation of the individual from the common context has already reached worrying proportions, the software developed and sold by a small handful of criminals totally unknown to the public has enabled humanity to embark on a path of no return: one where there is nothing more true and verifiable in which each of us must doubt who is around us, and even (and even more) ourselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The weakness and superficiality with which Western governments (especially the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom) have allowed this software to be distributed across the planet for purely selfish calculations is unforgivable and the sign that 75 years after the end of WWII, 30 years after the end of the cold war, and the fear of nuclear conflict when nature rebels against the foolish way we are destroying it, people have crossed the line ultimate \u2013 those in which the enemy who kills does not come from outside, but from within \u2013 and is inexorable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/65-in-yuzbinleri-6335051<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/6554851.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/laik-turkiye-icin-caglayan-a-6426626<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/3-miting-3-mesaj-6462629<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/izmir-rekor-bekliyor-6495436<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/turkey-used-german-spy-software-on-opposition-politicians-and-activists\/a-43787769<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/atalayar.com\/en\/content\/turkish-spy-networks-control-opponents<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-39416954<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.birgun.net\/haber\/iddia-pelikancilar-hakan-fidan-gitsin-diyor-283382<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trthaber.com\/haber\/gundem\/iletisim-baskanligi-berat-albayrakin-gorevden-af-talebi-kabul-edilmistir-529559.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/europe\/russia-accuses-president-erdogan-s-son-law-being-linked-isis-oil-trade-a6761436.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2016\/09\/turkey-redhackers-daunt-the-erdogan-family.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/thepressproject.gr\/exclusive-wikileaks-documents-relations-erdogan-isis-oil-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.duvarenglish.com\/sport\/2020\/02\/10\/politics-in-stadiums-fenerbahce-fans-urge-minister-albayrak-to-keep-hands-off-football<\/a> ; https:\/\/odatv4.com\/fenerbahceliler-damata-karsi-ayaga-kalkti-02022031.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> Intelligence Online, \u201cHakan Fidan close to ministerial promotion<\/em>\u201d, see in 2020.11.18 Hakan Fidan Minister<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkey-launches-project-to-train-1-million-software-developers-154081<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> 2017.04.13 T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mill%C3%AE_%C4%B0stihbarat_Te%C5%9Fkil%C3%A2t%C4%B1#Leitung<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> Hakan Fidan on Nexis, pages 57-60<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/t24.com.tr\/haber\/adanada-3-tir-durduruldu-arama-yapiliyor,248707<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> 1000 colpi di mortaio, 1000 colpi di artiglieria, 50\u2019000 fucili d'assalto e 30\u2019000 munizioni per mitragliatrice \u2013 see in https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529223636\/http:\/\/www.aktifhaber.com\/devlet-sirri-denilen-mit-tirlari-ile-ilgili-tapeler-1053377h.htm#<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.haber7.com\/guncel\/haber\/1121773-mit-tirlari-neden-durduruldu<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com.tr\/haber\/mit-tirlari-boyle-durduruldu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/bianet.org\/bianet\/insan-haklari\/155519-tir-lari-durdurmakla-suclanan-13-askere-muebbet-istendi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.milliyet.com.tr\/gundem\/mit-tirlari-olayinda-yeni-gelisme-5-savci-gorevden-uzaklastirildi-1999064<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/erdogandan-canli-yayinda-can-dundara-tehdit-288885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/www.faz.net\/aktuell\/politik\/ausland\/europa\/tuerkei\/tuerkei-kampf-gegen-die-soldaten-des-lichts-12715816.html?printPagedArticle=true#pageIndex_3<\/a> ; https:\/\/taz.de\/Wie-Guelen-zum-Staatsfeind-Nr-1-wurde\/!5323191\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.sabah.com.tr\/gundem\/2021\/02\/03\/son-dakika-istihbarattaki-fetocu-generalden-bomba-itiraflar-tegmen-rutbemi-fetullah-gulen-takti<\/a> ; https:\/\/tr.sputniknews.com\/turkiye\/202001211041211454-sozcu-ilker-basbugu-cezaevine-attiran-feto-mektubunu-acikliyoruz\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.genios.de\/presse-archiv\/artikel\/FAZ\/20171111\/jagd-auf-die-guelenisten\/FR1201711115279571.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nadir.org\/nadir\/initiativ\/isku\/hintergrund\/geheimdienste\/geheim994.htm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/tuerkischer-geheimdienst-liess-erdogan-gegner-in-deutschland-ausspionieren\/12027820.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article157778863\/Erdogans-Agenten-bedrohen-Tuerken-in-Deutschland.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.derstandard.at\/story\/1397522175727\/geheimdienst-staat-tuerkei<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2020\/09\/turkey-austria-spy-nehammer-kurdish-clashes-protests-vienna.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/austria-turkey-espionage-int-idUSKBN25S4R5<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/10\/13\/world\/europe\/turkey-austria-erdogan-assassin.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/global-europe\/news\/flemish-minister-turkish-sponosred-mosque-is-nest-of-spies\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/07\/06\/influenced-by-gulenists-belgium-targets-turkish-mosques-fighting-extremism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/erdogan-critics-listed-by-turkish-embassy-in-prague-were-included-in-bogus-terrorism-probe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turk-greek-ties-strained-by-arson-row-10324<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-greece-germany-spying\/greek-police-arrest-german-on-suspicion-of-spying-idUSBRE97208820130803<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kathimerini.gr\/society\/896001\/istories-me-kataskopoys-sto-aigaio\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.larissanet.gr\/2019\/06\/21\/dikazetai-sti-rodo-kataskopos-tis-tourkias\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/ahvalnews.com\/mit\/turkish-intelligence-recruits-eu-retirees-spy-greece<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/04\/turkish-intelligence-operations-targeting-critics-in-greece-exposed-in-secret-documents\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/intelnews.org\/2016\/12\/09\/01-2023\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/more-secret-documents-confirming-vast-turkish-espionage-activities-in-greece-uncovered\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.skai.gr\/news\/greece\/dyo-syllipseis-ellinon-gia-kataskopeia-sti-rodo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-kosovo-security-turkey-idUSKBN1H70CC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/opinion\/murat-yetkin\/turkish-intelligence-unveils-secret-codes-used-before-coup-attempt-103843<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2018\/09\/turkish-teachers-detained-moldova-gulen.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/balkaninsight.com\/2018\/09\/06\/six-turkish-professors-detained-by-moldovan-secret-services-09-06-2018\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/turkeypurge.com\/turkey-spying-imams-active-also-in-norway<\/a> ; https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/turkeys-autocratic-president-erdogans-spying-profiling-expands-in-norway\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/kafila.org\/www-matthewaid-com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[39]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-brings-key-feto-suspect-from-ukraine-to-turkey-134608<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[66]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/finfisher-malicious-spyware-disguised-mozilla-firefox-discovered-36-countries-1233177<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[67]<\/a> https:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/home\/security-news\/finfisher-command-and-control-hubs-turn-up-in-11-new-countries\/<\/a> ; 2013.04.01 SC Magazine on FinFisher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[69]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/2020\/unsere-strafanzeige-razzia-bei-staatstrojaner-firma-finfisher-in-muenchen\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[76]<\/a> https:\/\/citizenlab.ca\/2015\/10\/mapping-finfishers-continuing-proliferation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[77]<\/a> https:\/\/bigbrotherawards.de\/en\/2012\/technology-gamma-international<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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In 1987, Oelkers flew to Beijing for a demonstration of its new chips and delighted the Chinese generals who have become part of its clientele[80]<\/a>. As part of the agreements signed with the United States, from 1985, Kluever sold very modern American spy technology (developed by the Ocean Applied Research Corporation in San Diego[81]<\/a> and distributed by the CompuDyne Corporation group in Pennsylvania[82]<\/a>) Muhammar Ghaddafi in Libya, Hafiz Al-Assad in Syria, Haji Mohammad Suharto in Indonesia \u2013 the three presidents use it to intercept phone calls and radio broadcasts from opponents, foreign armies and rebel groups[83]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As he grew older, Kluever sold his company (the PK Electronics Group in Hamburg) to two engineers, the German Stephan Oelkers and the Englishman William Louthean Nelson. The latter had started running the Beijing office in 1985 and had established his own company, Personal Protection Products Ltd. Hong Kong[84]<\/a> in 1992, which until 1994, through its subsidiary in Hull[85]<\/a>, sold listening devices used by the British secret services to fight the IRA in Ulster[86]<\/a>. When Kluever retires, PK Electronics will be passed on to William Nelson and his Louthean son John Alexander Nelson, the founders of the Gamma International Group[87]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The chart of the investments of the Gamma International Group as well as of associated persons and companies \u2013 \u00a9 IBI World Ltd. London<\/sub><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A new era is beginning in which the old wiretapping will soon be overcome and forgotten. The young Louthean begins to work with Niels J\u00f8rgen Tobiasen and his two companies: The CBRN Team Ltd. London[88]<\/a> and The Phoenix Hazard Training Ltd. Darlington[89]<\/a>. It is an industrial operation that arose out of a contract to supply chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapons to Uganda[90]<\/a> which was negotiated with a member of the government, Ananias Tumukunde, who had accepted a bribe of \u00a3 40,000[91]<\/a>. An operation that ended with the arrest of Tumukunde in Kampala and Tobiasen in London in July 2007[92]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During these years, Louthean Nelson also tried to facilitate a collaboration with the hacking team of David Vincenzetti: with one of the best hackers of the Milan group, Alberto Pelliccione, Nelson tried after a while to find a system. to hack Nokia devices \u2013 but Pelliccione changes his mind when he finds out Nelson has started delivering weapons to countries affected by international sanctions through a company that has now been liquidated, Cyan Engineering Services SAL Beirut[93]<\/a>. Something that Pelliccione wants nothing to do with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps even more surprising is the next business: Nelson founds Elaman and relocates some activities to Switzerland[94]<\/a> because he is once again doing business with his father's former partner, Stephan Oelkers. Oelkers convinced Nelson to move his operations center from Hamburg to Munich and to accept a new partner, Holger G\u00fcnther Rumscheidt. This should work with the Austrian secret service[95]<\/a> and attempt to take the Bad Aibling station back from the NSA (American Military Intelligence)[96]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is an imposing and extremely symbolic temptation: the Bad Aibling interception station was born in 1936 as a military airport and radar center of the Luftwaffe, and at the end of the war, the American army converted it into a camp transit for released prisoners of war and victims of National Socialist concentration camps. A very famous concentration camp that the writers G\u00fcnter Grass and Joseph Ratzinger (the future Pope Benedict XVI) passed through[97]<\/a>. From 1952 until the closure, requested by the European Union in 2001 and carried out in 2004 (officially, since the facility was still in operation in 2013[98]<\/a>), the NSA of Bad Aibling assembled its Echelon systems[99]<\/a> to intercept telephone communications of the entire planet[100]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The takeover of the NSA station would have been the dedication of Nelson and his employees to a company of global significance and almost unlimited power. Negotiations were not over when FinFisher started selling its FinSpy to Turkey and the world began to see the danger. After the research in Munich, Switzerland and Romania, Nelson began to liquidate all the companies as quickly as possible: some of them (Computplus Ltd., G2 Systems Ltd., Gamma 2000 Ltd., Gamma 2000 Waste Management Ltd., Gamma International (UK) Ltd.) were liquidated in early February 2021 at the time of writing[101]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is no turning back<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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April 14, 2007: Over a million peaceful citizens protest against the abolition of freedom and against a regime that has turned their homeland into a hell of oppression, violence and misery. An exciting scene of humanity that could hardly be repeated<\/sub><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, that does not change the substance of things. Today, February 2021, the government and its intelligence agencies in at least 40 countries around the world, the vast majority of which are ruled by dictatorships, have in their hands software that not only goes beyond doomsday scenarios. described by George Orwell, but also from \"Brazil\" by Terry Gilliam: Now, a regime no longer needs to discover that someone is preparing a plot to isolate, torture, condemn and exterminate them. The state can create evidence with the click of a computer, using software that in a thousandth of a second will doom each one of us and implicate each of our loved ones in our destruction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a society where the alienation of the individual from the common context has already reached worrying proportions, the software developed and sold by a small handful of criminals totally unknown to the public has enabled humanity to embark on a path of no return: one where there is nothing more true and verifiable in which each of us must doubt who is around us, and even (and even more) ourselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The weakness and superficiality with which Western governments (especially the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom) have allowed this software to be distributed across the planet for purely selfish calculations is unforgivable and the sign that 75 years after the end of WWII, 30 years after the end of the cold war, and the fear of nuclear conflict when nature rebels against the foolish way we are destroying it, people have crossed the line ultimate \u2013 those in which the enemy who kills does not come from outside, but from within \u2013 and is inexorable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/65-in-yuzbinleri-6335051<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/6554851.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/laik-turkiye-icin-caglayan-a-6426626<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/3-miting-3-mesaj-6462629<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/izmir-rekor-bekliyor-6495436<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/turkey-used-german-spy-software-on-opposition-politicians-and-activists\/a-43787769<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/atalayar.com\/en\/content\/turkish-spy-networks-control-opponents<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-39416954<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.birgun.net\/haber\/iddia-pelikancilar-hakan-fidan-gitsin-diyor-283382<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trthaber.com\/haber\/gundem\/iletisim-baskanligi-berat-albayrakin-gorevden-af-talebi-kabul-edilmistir-529559.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/europe\/russia-accuses-president-erdogan-s-son-law-being-linked-isis-oil-trade-a6761436.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2016\/09\/turkey-redhackers-daunt-the-erdogan-family.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/thepressproject.gr\/exclusive-wikileaks-documents-relations-erdogan-isis-oil-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.duvarenglish.com\/sport\/2020\/02\/10\/politics-in-stadiums-fenerbahce-fans-urge-minister-albayrak-to-keep-hands-off-football<\/a> ; https:\/\/odatv4.com\/fenerbahceliler-damata-karsi-ayaga-kalkti-02022031.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> Intelligence Online, \u201cHakan Fidan close to ministerial promotion<\/em>\u201d, see in 2020.11.18 Hakan Fidan Minister<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkey-launches-project-to-train-1-million-software-developers-154081<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> 2017.04.13 T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mill%C3%AE_%C4%B0stihbarat_Te%C5%9Fkil%C3%A2t%C4%B1#Leitung<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> Hakan Fidan on Nexis, pages 57-60<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/t24.com.tr\/haber\/adanada-3-tir-durduruldu-arama-yapiliyor,248707<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> 1000 colpi di mortaio, 1000 colpi di artiglieria, 50\u2019000 fucili d'assalto e 30\u2019000 munizioni per mitragliatrice \u2013 see in https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529223636\/http:\/\/www.aktifhaber.com\/devlet-sirri-denilen-mit-tirlari-ile-ilgili-tapeler-1053377h.htm#<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.haber7.com\/guncel\/haber\/1121773-mit-tirlari-neden-durduruldu<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com.tr\/haber\/mit-tirlari-boyle-durduruldu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/bianet.org\/bianet\/insan-haklari\/155519-tir-lari-durdurmakla-suclanan-13-askere-muebbet-istendi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.milliyet.com.tr\/gundem\/mit-tirlari-olayinda-yeni-gelisme-5-savci-gorevden-uzaklastirildi-1999064<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/erdogandan-canli-yayinda-can-dundara-tehdit-288885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/www.faz.net\/aktuell\/politik\/ausland\/europa\/tuerkei\/tuerkei-kampf-gegen-die-soldaten-des-lichts-12715816.html?printPagedArticle=true#pageIndex_3<\/a> ; https:\/\/taz.de\/Wie-Guelen-zum-Staatsfeind-Nr-1-wurde\/!5323191\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.sabah.com.tr\/gundem\/2021\/02\/03\/son-dakika-istihbarattaki-fetocu-generalden-bomba-itiraflar-tegmen-rutbemi-fetullah-gulen-takti<\/a> ; https:\/\/tr.sputniknews.com\/turkiye\/202001211041211454-sozcu-ilker-basbugu-cezaevine-attiran-feto-mektubunu-acikliyoruz\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.genios.de\/presse-archiv\/artikel\/FAZ\/20171111\/jagd-auf-die-guelenisten\/FR1201711115279571.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nadir.org\/nadir\/initiativ\/isku\/hintergrund\/geheimdienste\/geheim994.htm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/tuerkischer-geheimdienst-liess-erdogan-gegner-in-deutschland-ausspionieren\/12027820.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article157778863\/Erdogans-Agenten-bedrohen-Tuerken-in-Deutschland.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.derstandard.at\/story\/1397522175727\/geheimdienst-staat-tuerkei<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2020\/09\/turkey-austria-spy-nehammer-kurdish-clashes-protests-vienna.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/austria-turkey-espionage-int-idUSKBN25S4R5<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/10\/13\/world\/europe\/turkey-austria-erdogan-assassin.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/global-europe\/news\/flemish-minister-turkish-sponosred-mosque-is-nest-of-spies\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/07\/06\/influenced-by-gulenists-belgium-targets-turkish-mosques-fighting-extremism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/erdogan-critics-listed-by-turkish-embassy-in-prague-were-included-in-bogus-terrorism-probe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turk-greek-ties-strained-by-arson-row-10324<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-greece-germany-spying\/greek-police-arrest-german-on-suspicion-of-spying-idUSBRE97208820130803<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kathimerini.gr\/society\/896001\/istories-me-kataskopoys-sto-aigaio\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.larissanet.gr\/2019\/06\/21\/dikazetai-sti-rodo-kataskopos-tis-tourkias\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/ahvalnews.com\/mit\/turkish-intelligence-recruits-eu-retirees-spy-greece<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/04\/turkish-intelligence-operations-targeting-critics-in-greece-exposed-in-secret-documents\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/intelnews.org\/2016\/12\/09\/01-2023\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/more-secret-documents-confirming-vast-turkish-espionage-activities-in-greece-uncovered\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.skai.gr\/news\/greece\/dyo-syllipseis-ellinon-gia-kataskopeia-sti-rodo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-kosovo-security-turkey-idUSKBN1H70CC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/opinion\/murat-yetkin\/turkish-intelligence-unveils-secret-codes-used-before-coup-attempt-103843<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2018\/09\/turkish-teachers-detained-moldova-gulen.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/balkaninsight.com\/2018\/09\/06\/six-turkish-professors-detained-by-moldovan-secret-services-09-06-2018\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/turkeypurge.com\/turkey-spying-imams-active-also-in-norway<\/a> ; https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/turkeys-autocratic-president-erdogans-spying-profiling-expands-in-norway\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/kafila.org\/www-matthewaid-com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/report-sweden-launches-espionage-probe-into-turkish-govt-representatives\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/politics\/undiplomatic_swiss-eye-alleged-turkish-kidnapping-attempt\/43973170<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/swiss-foreign-minister-warns-turkey-against-illegal-spying-111199<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/eu-affairs\/2017\/05\/01\/as-anti-turkish-politics-grip-europe-turkish-swiss-policeman-arrested<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-brings-key-feto-suspect-from-ukraine-to-turkey-134608<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.meforum.org\/60976\/turkish-spy-agency-mit-intelligence-gathering-australia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-egypt-court\/egypt-detains-29-people-on-suspicion-of-espionage-for-turkey-idUSKBN1DM1AN<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.egypttoday.com\/Article\/1\/33764\/In-Pictures-Egypt-foils-Turkish-espionage-attempt<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-agency-brings-three-feto-members-from-gabon-to-turkey-130050<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/turkey\/turkish-intelligence-agency-rescues-a-kidnapped-italian-citizen-in-kenya-36192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20190807-libyan-national-army-turkish-intelligence-is-operating-in-tripoli\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/11\/27\/senior-feto-figure-captured-by-turkish-intelligence-in-sudan\/amp<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/07\/turkish-diplomats-have-extensively-spied-on-critics-in-the-united-states\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/1101683.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intel-returns-wanted-feto-from-azerbaijan-140108<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/06\/turkish-diplomats-spy-on-erdogan-critics-in-georgia-secret-document-reveals\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[52]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/cellmate-teacher-abducted-by-turkeys-mit-from-malaysia-subjected-to-torture-in-ankara\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligences-captures-feto-suspect-in-malaysia-146188<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-mongolia-kidnapping-turkey-idUSKBN1KI03N<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[55]<\/a> https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turkish_involvement_in_the_Syrian_civil_war<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[58]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reporter-ohne-grenzen.de\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[63]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 6-7, page 12<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[66]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/finfisher-malicious-spyware-disguised-mozilla-firefox-discovered-36-countries-1233177<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[67]<\/a> https:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/home\/security-news\/finfisher-command-and-control-hubs-turn-up-in-11-new-countries\/<\/a> ; 2013.04.01 SC Magazine on FinFisher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[68]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/german-prosecutors-investigate-spyware-maker-finfisher\/a-50293812<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[69]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/2020\/unsere-strafanzeige-razzia-bei-staatstrojaner-firma-finfisher-in-muenchen\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[70]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/intelligence_privacy\/avira-lantivirus-comprato-dai-servizi-segreti-del-golfo-persico\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/blogs.mediapart.fr\/paolo-fusi\/blog\/260920\/le-hacker-militaire-qui-achete-avira<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[71]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/research\/2020\/09\/german-made-finspy-spyware-found-in-egypt-and-mac-and-linux-versions-revealed\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[77]<\/a> https:\/\/bigbrotherawards.de\/en\/2012\/technology-gamma-international<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[78]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/pdf\/gammagrouploutheannelsonwapenhandelaarspursang.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/slideum.com\/doc\/9973831\/gehele-observant-%2369--januari-2017-politie-mercenaries<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[79]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[81]<\/a> U.S. Department of Commerce, Industry and Trade Administration, \u201cCommercial News USA<\/em>\u201d, U.S. Foreign Commercial Service, Washington DC, 1979, page 38<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[82]<\/a> https:\/\/www.referenceforbusiness.com\/history2\/1\/CompuDyne-Corporation.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[84]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/hk\/0475615<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[85]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/02088610<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[92]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nti.org\/gsn\/article\/danish-man-charged-with-wmd-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[94]<\/a> Elaman AG Malans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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The CIA decides to invest in this man, as does the German army. In 1981, his two companies PK Electronics and PKI Electronic Intelligence GmbH already had contracts with the US government. In 1983, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Abdullah Ibn Nasir IBn Abd al-Asis Al Sa'ud, visited Hamburg and the German generals showed him the effects of the use of Kluever technology on the efficiency and cadence of Leopard tanks fired \u2013 which the government of Moved Riyadh to acquire this technology[79]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1987, Oelkers flew to Beijing for a demonstration of its new chips and delighted the Chinese generals who have become part of its clientele[80]<\/a>. As part of the agreements signed with the United States, from 1985, Kluever sold very modern American spy technology (developed by the Ocean Applied Research Corporation in San Diego[81]<\/a> and distributed by the CompuDyne Corporation group in Pennsylvania[82]<\/a>) Muhammar Ghaddafi in Libya, Hafiz Al-Assad in Syria, Haji Mohammad Suharto in Indonesia \u2013 the three presidents use it to intercept phone calls and radio broadcasts from opponents, foreign armies and rebel groups[83]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As he grew older, Kluever sold his company (the PK Electronics Group in Hamburg) to two engineers, the German Stephan Oelkers and the Englishman William Louthean Nelson. The latter had started running the Beijing office in 1985 and had established his own company, Personal Protection Products Ltd. Hong Kong[84]<\/a> in 1992, which until 1994, through its subsidiary in Hull[85]<\/a>, sold listening devices used by the British secret services to fight the IRA in Ulster[86]<\/a>. When Kluever retires, PK Electronics will be passed on to William Nelson and his Louthean son John Alexander Nelson, the founders of the Gamma International Group[87]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The chart of the investments of the Gamma International Group as well as of associated persons and companies \u2013 \u00a9 IBI World Ltd. London<\/sub><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A new era is beginning in which the old wiretapping will soon be overcome and forgotten. The young Louthean begins to work with Niels J\u00f8rgen Tobiasen and his two companies: The CBRN Team Ltd. London[88]<\/a> and The Phoenix Hazard Training Ltd. Darlington[89]<\/a>. It is an industrial operation that arose out of a contract to supply chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapons to Uganda[90]<\/a> which was negotiated with a member of the government, Ananias Tumukunde, who had accepted a bribe of \u00a3 40,000[91]<\/a>. An operation that ended with the arrest of Tumukunde in Kampala and Tobiasen in London in July 2007[92]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During these years, Louthean Nelson also tried to facilitate a collaboration with the hacking team of David Vincenzetti: with one of the best hackers of the Milan group, Alberto Pelliccione, Nelson tried after a while to find a system. to hack Nokia devices \u2013 but Pelliccione changes his mind when he finds out Nelson has started delivering weapons to countries affected by international sanctions through a company that has now been liquidated, Cyan Engineering Services SAL Beirut[93]<\/a>. Something that Pelliccione wants nothing to do with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps even more surprising is the next business: Nelson founds Elaman and relocates some activities to Switzerland[94]<\/a> because he is once again doing business with his father's former partner, Stephan Oelkers. Oelkers convinced Nelson to move his operations center from Hamburg to Munich and to accept a new partner, Holger G\u00fcnther Rumscheidt. This should work with the Austrian secret service[95]<\/a> and attempt to take the Bad Aibling station back from the NSA (American Military Intelligence)[96]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is an imposing and extremely symbolic temptation: the Bad Aibling interception station was born in 1936 as a military airport and radar center of the Luftwaffe, and at the end of the war, the American army converted it into a camp transit for released prisoners of war and victims of National Socialist concentration camps. A very famous concentration camp that the writers G\u00fcnter Grass and Joseph Ratzinger (the future Pope Benedict XVI) passed through[97]<\/a>. From 1952 until the closure, requested by the European Union in 2001 and carried out in 2004 (officially, since the facility was still in operation in 2013[98]<\/a>), the NSA of Bad Aibling assembled its Echelon systems[99]<\/a> to intercept telephone communications of the entire planet[100]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The takeover of the NSA station would have been the dedication of Nelson and his employees to a company of global significance and almost unlimited power. Negotiations were not over when FinFisher started selling its FinSpy to Turkey and the world began to see the danger. After the research in Munich, Switzerland and Romania, Nelson began to liquidate all the companies as quickly as possible: some of them (Computplus Ltd., G2 Systems Ltd., Gamma 2000 Ltd., Gamma 2000 Waste Management Ltd., Gamma International (UK) Ltd.) were liquidated in early February 2021 at the time of writing[101]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is no turning back<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

April 14, 2007: Over a million peaceful citizens protest against the abolition of freedom and against a regime that has turned their homeland into a hell of oppression, violence and misery. An exciting scene of humanity that could hardly be repeated<\/sub><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, that does not change the substance of things. Today, February 2021, the government and its intelligence agencies in at least 40 countries around the world, the vast majority of which are ruled by dictatorships, have in their hands software that not only goes beyond doomsday scenarios. described by George Orwell, but also from \"Brazil\" by Terry Gilliam: Now, a regime no longer needs to discover that someone is preparing a plot to isolate, torture, condemn and exterminate them. The state can create evidence with the click of a computer, using software that in a thousandth of a second will doom each one of us and implicate each of our loved ones in our destruction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a society where the alienation of the individual from the common context has already reached worrying proportions, the software developed and sold by a small handful of criminals totally unknown to the public has enabled humanity to embark on a path of no return: one where there is nothing more true and verifiable in which each of us must doubt who is around us, and even (and even more) ourselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The weakness and superficiality with which Western governments (especially the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom) have allowed this software to be distributed across the planet for purely selfish calculations is unforgivable and the sign that 75 years after the end of WWII, 30 years after the end of the cold war, and the fear of nuclear conflict when nature rebels against the foolish way we are destroying it, people have crossed the line ultimate \u2013 those in which the enemy who kills does not come from outside, but from within \u2013 and is inexorable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/65-in-yuzbinleri-6335051<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/6554851.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/laik-turkiye-icin-caglayan-a-6426626<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/3-miting-3-mesaj-6462629<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/izmir-rekor-bekliyor-6495436<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/turkey-used-german-spy-software-on-opposition-politicians-and-activists\/a-43787769<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/atalayar.com\/en\/content\/turkish-spy-networks-control-opponents<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-39416954<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.birgun.net\/haber\/iddia-pelikancilar-hakan-fidan-gitsin-diyor-283382<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trthaber.com\/haber\/gundem\/iletisim-baskanligi-berat-albayrakin-gorevden-af-talebi-kabul-edilmistir-529559.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/europe\/russia-accuses-president-erdogan-s-son-law-being-linked-isis-oil-trade-a6761436.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2016\/09\/turkey-redhackers-daunt-the-erdogan-family.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/thepressproject.gr\/exclusive-wikileaks-documents-relations-erdogan-isis-oil-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.duvarenglish.com\/sport\/2020\/02\/10\/politics-in-stadiums-fenerbahce-fans-urge-minister-albayrak-to-keep-hands-off-football<\/a> ; https:\/\/odatv4.com\/fenerbahceliler-damata-karsi-ayaga-kalkti-02022031.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> Intelligence Online, \u201cHakan Fidan close to ministerial promotion<\/em>\u201d, see in 2020.11.18 Hakan Fidan Minister<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkey-launches-project-to-train-1-million-software-developers-154081<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> 2017.04.13 T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mill%C3%AE_%C4%B0stihbarat_Te%C5%9Fkil%C3%A2t%C4%B1#Leitung<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> Hakan Fidan on Nexis, pages 57-60<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/t24.com.tr\/haber\/adanada-3-tir-durduruldu-arama-yapiliyor,248707<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> 1000 colpi di mortaio, 1000 colpi di artiglieria, 50\u2019000 fucili d'assalto e 30\u2019000 munizioni per mitragliatrice \u2013 see in https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529223636\/http:\/\/www.aktifhaber.com\/devlet-sirri-denilen-mit-tirlari-ile-ilgili-tapeler-1053377h.htm#<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.haber7.com\/guncel\/haber\/1121773-mit-tirlari-neden-durduruldu<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com.tr\/haber\/mit-tirlari-boyle-durduruldu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/bianet.org\/bianet\/insan-haklari\/155519-tir-lari-durdurmakla-suclanan-13-askere-muebbet-istendi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.milliyet.com.tr\/gundem\/mit-tirlari-olayinda-yeni-gelisme-5-savci-gorevden-uzaklastirildi-1999064<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/erdogandan-canli-yayinda-can-dundara-tehdit-288885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/www.faz.net\/aktuell\/politik\/ausland\/europa\/tuerkei\/tuerkei-kampf-gegen-die-soldaten-des-lichts-12715816.html?printPagedArticle=true#pageIndex_3<\/a> ; https:\/\/taz.de\/Wie-Guelen-zum-Staatsfeind-Nr-1-wurde\/!5323191\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.sabah.com.tr\/gundem\/2021\/02\/03\/son-dakika-istihbarattaki-fetocu-generalden-bomba-itiraflar-tegmen-rutbemi-fetullah-gulen-takti<\/a> ; https:\/\/tr.sputniknews.com\/turkiye\/202001211041211454-sozcu-ilker-basbugu-cezaevine-attiran-feto-mektubunu-acikliyoruz\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.genios.de\/presse-archiv\/artikel\/FAZ\/20171111\/jagd-auf-die-guelenisten\/FR1201711115279571.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nadir.org\/nadir\/initiativ\/isku\/hintergrund\/geheimdienste\/geheim994.htm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/tuerkischer-geheimdienst-liess-erdogan-gegner-in-deutschland-ausspionieren\/12027820.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article157778863\/Erdogans-Agenten-bedrohen-Tuerken-in-Deutschland.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.derstandard.at\/story\/1397522175727\/geheimdienst-staat-tuerkei<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2020\/09\/turkey-austria-spy-nehammer-kurdish-clashes-protests-vienna.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/austria-turkey-espionage-int-idUSKBN25S4R5<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/10\/13\/world\/europe\/turkey-austria-erdogan-assassin.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/global-europe\/news\/flemish-minister-turkish-sponosred-mosque-is-nest-of-spies\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/07\/06\/influenced-by-gulenists-belgium-targets-turkish-mosques-fighting-extremism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/erdogan-critics-listed-by-turkish-embassy-in-prague-were-included-in-bogus-terrorism-probe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turk-greek-ties-strained-by-arson-row-10324<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-greece-germany-spying\/greek-police-arrest-german-on-suspicion-of-spying-idUSBRE97208820130803<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kathimerini.gr\/society\/896001\/istories-me-kataskopoys-sto-aigaio\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.larissanet.gr\/2019\/06\/21\/dikazetai-sti-rodo-kataskopos-tis-tourkias\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/ahvalnews.com\/mit\/turkish-intelligence-recruits-eu-retirees-spy-greece<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/04\/turkish-intelligence-operations-targeting-critics-in-greece-exposed-in-secret-documents\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/intelnews.org\/2016\/12\/09\/01-2023\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/more-secret-documents-confirming-vast-turkish-espionage-activities-in-greece-uncovered\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.skai.gr\/news\/greece\/dyo-syllipseis-ellinon-gia-kataskopeia-sti-rodo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-kosovo-security-turkey-idUSKBN1H70CC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/opinion\/murat-yetkin\/turkish-intelligence-unveils-secret-codes-used-before-coup-attempt-103843<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2018\/09\/turkish-teachers-detained-moldova-gulen.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/balkaninsight.com\/2018\/09\/06\/six-turkish-professors-detained-by-moldovan-secret-services-09-06-2018\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/turkeypurge.com\/turkey-spying-imams-active-also-in-norway<\/a> ; https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/turkeys-autocratic-president-erdogans-spying-profiling-expands-in-norway\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/kafila.org\/www-matthewaid-com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/report-sweden-launches-espionage-probe-into-turkish-govt-representatives\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/politics\/undiplomatic_swiss-eye-alleged-turkish-kidnapping-attempt\/43973170<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/swiss-foreign-minister-warns-turkey-against-illegal-spying-111199<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/eu-affairs\/2017\/05\/01\/as-anti-turkish-politics-grip-europe-turkish-swiss-policeman-arrested<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-brings-key-feto-suspect-from-ukraine-to-turkey-134608<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.meforum.org\/60976\/turkish-spy-agency-mit-intelligence-gathering-australia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-egypt-court\/egypt-detains-29-people-on-suspicion-of-espionage-for-turkey-idUSKBN1DM1AN<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.egypttoday.com\/Article\/1\/33764\/In-Pictures-Egypt-foils-Turkish-espionage-attempt<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-agency-brings-three-feto-members-from-gabon-to-turkey-130050<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/turkey\/turkish-intelligence-agency-rescues-a-kidnapped-italian-citizen-in-kenya-36192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20190807-libyan-national-army-turkish-intelligence-is-operating-in-tripoli\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/11\/27\/senior-feto-figure-captured-by-turkish-intelligence-in-sudan\/amp<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/07\/turkish-diplomats-have-extensively-spied-on-critics-in-the-united-states\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/1101683.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intel-returns-wanted-feto-from-azerbaijan-140108<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/06\/turkish-diplomats-spy-on-erdogan-critics-in-georgia-secret-document-reveals\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2019\/04\/22\/4-pkk-terrorists-brought-to-turkey-from-iraq-in-operation-by-turkish-intelligence<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/news\/pkk-confirms-capture-two-turkish-spies-iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.presstv.com\/Detail\/2017\/08\/29\/533306\/PKK-Turkish-officers-spying-Iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.sabah.com.tr\/gundem\/2019\/07\/07\/son-dakika-teror-orgutu-pkkkcknin-sozde-baskanlik-konseyi-uyesi-diyar-garip-muhammed-etkisiz-hale-getirildi<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thedefensepost.com\/2018\/08\/15\/turkey-airstrike-pkk-sinjar-iraq\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/menafn.com\/1098975780\/Turkish-warplanes-neutralize-4-PKK-terrorists-In-Iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2019\/09\/16\/3-pkk-terrorists-neutralized-by-turkish-jets-in-northern-iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkey-neutralizes-senior-female-ypg-pkk-terrorist-150730<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/cellmate-teacher-abducted-by-turkeys-mit-from-malaysia-subjected-to-torture-in-ankara\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligences-captures-feto-suspect-in-malaysia-146188<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-mongolia-kidnapping-turkey-idUSKBN1KI03N<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/pakistan\/pakistan-admits-they-secretly-deported-turkish-family-wanted-by-erdogan-govt-4895423\/lite\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turkish_involvement_in_the_Syrian_civil_war<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/securityaffairs.co\/wordpress\/41169\/breaking-news\/finfisher-spyware-new-customers.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[58]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reporter-ohne-grenzen.de\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/freiheitsrechte.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[60]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[61]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecchr.eu\/en\/about-us\/?L=2<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[62]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 4-5<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[63]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 6-7, page 12<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[64]<\/a> https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847361\/UK-NCP-initial-complaint-privacy-international-and-others-against-gamma-international-uk-ltd.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847362\/UK-NCP-Final-statement-complaint-Privacy-International-Gamma-International-UK-Ltd.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847364\/uk-ncp-follow-up-statement-privacy-international-gamma-international.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[65]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/privacy-international-complaint-to-uk-ncp-about-gamma-international-uk-ltd<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[66]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/finfisher-malicious-spyware-disguised-mozilla-firefox-discovered-36-countries-1233177<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[67]<\/a> https:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/home\/security-news\/finfisher-command-and-control-hubs-turn-up-in-11-new-countries\/<\/a> ; 2013.04.01 SC Magazine on FinFisher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[68]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/german-prosecutors-investigate-spyware-maker-finfisher\/a-50293812<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[69]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/2020\/unsere-strafanzeige-razzia-bei-staatstrojaner-firma-finfisher-in-muenchen\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[70]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/intelligence_privacy\/avira-lantivirus-comprato-dai-servizi-segreti-del-golfo-persico\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/blogs.mediapart.fr\/paolo-fusi\/blog\/260920\/le-hacker-militaire-qui-achete-avira<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[71]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/research\/2020\/09\/german-made-finspy-spyware-found-in-egypt-and-mac-and-linux-versions-revealed\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[76]<\/a> https:\/\/citizenlab.ca\/2015\/10\/mapping-finfishers-continuing-proliferation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[77]<\/a> https:\/\/bigbrotherawards.de\/en\/2012\/technology-gamma-international<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[78]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/pdf\/gammagrouploutheannelsonwapenhandelaarspursang.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/slideum.com\/doc\/9973831\/gehele-observant-%2369--januari-2017-politie-mercenaries<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[81]<\/a> U.S. Department of Commerce, Industry and Trade Administration, \u201cCommercial News USA<\/em>\u201d, U.S. Foreign Commercial Service, Washington DC, 1979, page 38<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[82]<\/a> https:\/\/www.referenceforbusiness.com\/history2\/1\/CompuDyne-Corporation.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[85]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/02088610<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[86]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[94]<\/a> Elaman AG Malans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[95]<\/a> Holger G\u00fcnther Rumscheidt Kirchberg in Tirol<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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To be precise, we know a lot about the illegal activities of this group since 1973 (when computers were toys and espionage involved infiltrating shady men into secret rooms using a document microfilming device. banned) of people scattered in the English countryside, in the port of Hamburg, in the Bavarian capital or in the slums of Cape Town. The story begins with a cable that the US Embassy in Bonn sent to federal authorities \u2013 a message reporting the suspicious activities of Hamburg-based Dutch electronics retailer Peter Kluever[78]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CIA decides to invest in this man, as does the German army. In 1981, his two companies PK Electronics and PKI Electronic Intelligence GmbH already had contracts with the US government. In 1983, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Abdullah Ibn Nasir IBn Abd al-Asis Al Sa'ud, visited Hamburg and the German generals showed him the effects of the use of Kluever technology on the efficiency and cadence of Leopard tanks fired \u2013 which the government of Moved Riyadh to acquire this technology[79]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1987, Oelkers flew to Beijing for a demonstration of its new chips and delighted the Chinese generals who have become part of its clientele[80]<\/a>. As part of the agreements signed with the United States, from 1985, Kluever sold very modern American spy technology (developed by the Ocean Applied Research Corporation in San Diego[81]<\/a> and distributed by the CompuDyne Corporation group in Pennsylvania[82]<\/a>) Muhammar Ghaddafi in Libya, Hafiz Al-Assad in Syria, Haji Mohammad Suharto in Indonesia \u2013 the three presidents use it to intercept phone calls and radio broadcasts from opponents, foreign armies and rebel groups[83]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As he grew older, Kluever sold his company (the PK Electronics Group in Hamburg) to two engineers, the German Stephan Oelkers and the Englishman William Louthean Nelson. The latter had started running the Beijing office in 1985 and had established his own company, Personal Protection Products Ltd. Hong Kong[84]<\/a> in 1992, which until 1994, through its subsidiary in Hull[85]<\/a>, sold listening devices used by the British secret services to fight the IRA in Ulster[86]<\/a>. When Kluever retires, PK Electronics will be passed on to William Nelson and his Louthean son John Alexander Nelson, the founders of the Gamma International Group[87]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The chart of the investments of the Gamma International Group as well as of associated persons and companies \u2013 \u00a9 IBI World Ltd. London<\/sub><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A new era is beginning in which the old wiretapping will soon be overcome and forgotten. The young Louthean begins to work with Niels J\u00f8rgen Tobiasen and his two companies: The CBRN Team Ltd. London[88]<\/a> and The Phoenix Hazard Training Ltd. Darlington[89]<\/a>. It is an industrial operation that arose out of a contract to supply chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapons to Uganda[90]<\/a> which was negotiated with a member of the government, Ananias Tumukunde, who had accepted a bribe of \u00a3 40,000[91]<\/a>. An operation that ended with the arrest of Tumukunde in Kampala and Tobiasen in London in July 2007[92]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During these years, Louthean Nelson also tried to facilitate a collaboration with the hacking team of David Vincenzetti: with one of the best hackers of the Milan group, Alberto Pelliccione, Nelson tried after a while to find a system. to hack Nokia devices \u2013 but Pelliccione changes his mind when he finds out Nelson has started delivering weapons to countries affected by international sanctions through a company that has now been liquidated, Cyan Engineering Services SAL Beirut[93]<\/a>. Something that Pelliccione wants nothing to do with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps even more surprising is the next business: Nelson founds Elaman and relocates some activities to Switzerland[94]<\/a> because he is once again doing business with his father's former partner, Stephan Oelkers. Oelkers convinced Nelson to move his operations center from Hamburg to Munich and to accept a new partner, Holger G\u00fcnther Rumscheidt. This should work with the Austrian secret service[95]<\/a> and attempt to take the Bad Aibling station back from the NSA (American Military Intelligence)[96]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is an imposing and extremely symbolic temptation: the Bad Aibling interception station was born in 1936 as a military airport and radar center of the Luftwaffe, and at the end of the war, the American army converted it into a camp transit for released prisoners of war and victims of National Socialist concentration camps. A very famous concentration camp that the writers G\u00fcnter Grass and Joseph Ratzinger (the future Pope Benedict XVI) passed through[97]<\/a>. From 1952 until the closure, requested by the European Union in 2001 and carried out in 2004 (officially, since the facility was still in operation in 2013[98]<\/a>), the NSA of Bad Aibling assembled its Echelon systems[99]<\/a> to intercept telephone communications of the entire planet[100]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The takeover of the NSA station would have been the dedication of Nelson and his employees to a company of global significance and almost unlimited power. Negotiations were not over when FinFisher started selling its FinSpy to Turkey and the world began to see the danger. After the research in Munich, Switzerland and Romania, Nelson began to liquidate all the companies as quickly as possible: some of them (Computplus Ltd., G2 Systems Ltd., Gamma 2000 Ltd., Gamma 2000 Waste Management Ltd., Gamma International (UK) Ltd.) were liquidated in early February 2021 at the time of writing[101]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is no turning back<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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April 14, 2007: Over a million peaceful citizens protest against the abolition of freedom and against a regime that has turned their homeland into a hell of oppression, violence and misery. An exciting scene of humanity that could hardly be repeated<\/sub><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, that does not change the substance of things. Today, February 2021, the government and its intelligence agencies in at least 40 countries around the world, the vast majority of which are ruled by dictatorships, have in their hands software that not only goes beyond doomsday scenarios. described by George Orwell, but also from \"Brazil\" by Terry Gilliam: Now, a regime no longer needs to discover that someone is preparing a plot to isolate, torture, condemn and exterminate them. The state can create evidence with the click of a computer, using software that in a thousandth of a second will doom each one of us and implicate each of our loved ones in our destruction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a society where the alienation of the individual from the common context has already reached worrying proportions, the software developed and sold by a small handful of criminals totally unknown to the public has enabled humanity to embark on a path of no return: one where there is nothing more true and verifiable in which each of us must doubt who is around us, and even (and even more) ourselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The weakness and superficiality with which Western governments (especially the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom) have allowed this software to be distributed across the planet for purely selfish calculations is unforgivable and the sign that 75 years after the end of WWII, 30 years after the end of the cold war, and the fear of nuclear conflict when nature rebels against the foolish way we are destroying it, people have crossed the line ultimate \u2013 those in which the enemy who kills does not come from outside, but from within \u2013 and is inexorable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/65-in-yuzbinleri-6335051<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/6554851.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/laik-turkiye-icin-caglayan-a-6426626<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/3-miting-3-mesaj-6462629<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/izmir-rekor-bekliyor-6495436<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/turkey-used-german-spy-software-on-opposition-politicians-and-activists\/a-43787769<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/atalayar.com\/en\/content\/turkish-spy-networks-control-opponents<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-39416954<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.birgun.net\/haber\/iddia-pelikancilar-hakan-fidan-gitsin-diyor-283382<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trthaber.com\/haber\/gundem\/iletisim-baskanligi-berat-albayrakin-gorevden-af-talebi-kabul-edilmistir-529559.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/europe\/russia-accuses-president-erdogan-s-son-law-being-linked-isis-oil-trade-a6761436.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2016\/09\/turkey-redhackers-daunt-the-erdogan-family.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/thepressproject.gr\/exclusive-wikileaks-documents-relations-erdogan-isis-oil-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.duvarenglish.com\/sport\/2020\/02\/10\/politics-in-stadiums-fenerbahce-fans-urge-minister-albayrak-to-keep-hands-off-football<\/a> ; https:\/\/odatv4.com\/fenerbahceliler-damata-karsi-ayaga-kalkti-02022031.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> Intelligence Online, \u201cHakan Fidan close to ministerial promotion<\/em>\u201d, see in 2020.11.18 Hakan Fidan Minister<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkey-launches-project-to-train-1-million-software-developers-154081<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> 2017.04.13 T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mill%C3%AE_%C4%B0stihbarat_Te%C5%9Fkil%C3%A2t%C4%B1#Leitung<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> Hakan Fidan on Nexis, pages 57-60<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/t24.com.tr\/haber\/adanada-3-tir-durduruldu-arama-yapiliyor,248707<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> 1000 colpi di mortaio, 1000 colpi di artiglieria, 50\u2019000 fucili d'assalto e 30\u2019000 munizioni per mitragliatrice \u2013 see in https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529223636\/http:\/\/www.aktifhaber.com\/devlet-sirri-denilen-mit-tirlari-ile-ilgili-tapeler-1053377h.htm#<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.haber7.com\/guncel\/haber\/1121773-mit-tirlari-neden-durduruldu<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com.tr\/haber\/mit-tirlari-boyle-durduruldu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/bianet.org\/bianet\/insan-haklari\/155519-tir-lari-durdurmakla-suclanan-13-askere-muebbet-istendi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.milliyet.com.tr\/gundem\/mit-tirlari-olayinda-yeni-gelisme-5-savci-gorevden-uzaklastirildi-1999064<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/erdogandan-canli-yayinda-can-dundara-tehdit-288885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/www.faz.net\/aktuell\/politik\/ausland\/europa\/tuerkei\/tuerkei-kampf-gegen-die-soldaten-des-lichts-12715816.html?printPagedArticle=true#pageIndex_3<\/a> ; https:\/\/taz.de\/Wie-Guelen-zum-Staatsfeind-Nr-1-wurde\/!5323191\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.sabah.com.tr\/gundem\/2021\/02\/03\/son-dakika-istihbarattaki-fetocu-generalden-bomba-itiraflar-tegmen-rutbemi-fetullah-gulen-takti<\/a> ; https:\/\/tr.sputniknews.com\/turkiye\/202001211041211454-sozcu-ilker-basbugu-cezaevine-attiran-feto-mektubunu-acikliyoruz\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.genios.de\/presse-archiv\/artikel\/FAZ\/20171111\/jagd-auf-die-guelenisten\/FR1201711115279571.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nadir.org\/nadir\/initiativ\/isku\/hintergrund\/geheimdienste\/geheim994.htm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/tuerkischer-geheimdienst-liess-erdogan-gegner-in-deutschland-ausspionieren\/12027820.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article157778863\/Erdogans-Agenten-bedrohen-Tuerken-in-Deutschland.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.derstandard.at\/story\/1397522175727\/geheimdienst-staat-tuerkei<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2020\/09\/turkey-austria-spy-nehammer-kurdish-clashes-protests-vienna.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/austria-turkey-espionage-int-idUSKBN25S4R5<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/10\/13\/world\/europe\/turkey-austria-erdogan-assassin.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/global-europe\/news\/flemish-minister-turkish-sponosred-mosque-is-nest-of-spies\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/07\/06\/influenced-by-gulenists-belgium-targets-turkish-mosques-fighting-extremism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/erdogan-critics-listed-by-turkish-embassy-in-prague-were-included-in-bogus-terrorism-probe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turk-greek-ties-strained-by-arson-row-10324<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-greece-germany-spying\/greek-police-arrest-german-on-suspicion-of-spying-idUSBRE97208820130803<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kathimerini.gr\/society\/896001\/istories-me-kataskopoys-sto-aigaio\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.larissanet.gr\/2019\/06\/21\/dikazetai-sti-rodo-kataskopos-tis-tourkias\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/ahvalnews.com\/mit\/turkish-intelligence-recruits-eu-retirees-spy-greece<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/04\/turkish-intelligence-operations-targeting-critics-in-greece-exposed-in-secret-documents\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/intelnews.org\/2016\/12\/09\/01-2023\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/more-secret-documents-confirming-vast-turkish-espionage-activities-in-greece-uncovered\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.skai.gr\/news\/greece\/dyo-syllipseis-ellinon-gia-kataskopeia-sti-rodo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-kosovo-security-turkey-idUSKBN1H70CC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/opinion\/murat-yetkin\/turkish-intelligence-unveils-secret-codes-used-before-coup-attempt-103843<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2018\/09\/turkish-teachers-detained-moldova-gulen.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/balkaninsight.com\/2018\/09\/06\/six-turkish-professors-detained-by-moldovan-secret-services-09-06-2018\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/turkeypurge.com\/turkey-spying-imams-active-also-in-norway<\/a> ; https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/turkeys-autocratic-president-erdogans-spying-profiling-expands-in-norway\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/kafila.org\/www-matthewaid-com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/report-sweden-launches-espionage-probe-into-turkish-govt-representatives\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/politics\/undiplomatic_swiss-eye-alleged-turkish-kidnapping-attempt\/43973170<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/swiss-foreign-minister-warns-turkey-against-illegal-spying-111199<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/eu-affairs\/2017\/05\/01\/as-anti-turkish-politics-grip-europe-turkish-swiss-policeman-arrested<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-brings-key-feto-suspect-from-ukraine-to-turkey-134608<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.meforum.org\/60976\/turkish-spy-agency-mit-intelligence-gathering-australia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-egypt-court\/egypt-detains-29-people-on-suspicion-of-espionage-for-turkey-idUSKBN1DM1AN<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.egypttoday.com\/Article\/1\/33764\/In-Pictures-Egypt-foils-Turkish-espionage-attempt<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-agency-brings-three-feto-members-from-gabon-to-turkey-130050<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/turkey\/turkish-intelligence-agency-rescues-a-kidnapped-italian-citizen-in-kenya-36192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20190807-libyan-national-army-turkish-intelligence-is-operating-in-tripoli\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/11\/27\/senior-feto-figure-captured-by-turkish-intelligence-in-sudan\/amp<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/07\/turkish-diplomats-have-extensively-spied-on-critics-in-the-united-states\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/1101683.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intel-returns-wanted-feto-from-azerbaijan-140108<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/06\/turkish-diplomats-spy-on-erdogan-critics-in-georgia-secret-document-reveals\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2019\/04\/22\/4-pkk-terrorists-brought-to-turkey-from-iraq-in-operation-by-turkish-intelligence<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/news\/pkk-confirms-capture-two-turkish-spies-iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.presstv.com\/Detail\/2017\/08\/29\/533306\/PKK-Turkish-officers-spying-Iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.sabah.com.tr\/gundem\/2019\/07\/07\/son-dakika-teror-orgutu-pkkkcknin-sozde-baskanlik-konseyi-uyesi-diyar-garip-muhammed-etkisiz-hale-getirildi<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thedefensepost.com\/2018\/08\/15\/turkey-airstrike-pkk-sinjar-iraq\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/menafn.com\/1098975780\/Turkish-warplanes-neutralize-4-PKK-terrorists-In-Iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2019\/09\/16\/3-pkk-terrorists-neutralized-by-turkish-jets-in-northern-iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkey-neutralizes-senior-female-ypg-pkk-terrorist-150730<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/cellmate-teacher-abducted-by-turkeys-mit-from-malaysia-subjected-to-torture-in-ankara\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligences-captures-feto-suspect-in-malaysia-146188<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-mongolia-kidnapping-turkey-idUSKBN1KI03N<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/pakistan\/pakistan-admits-they-secretly-deported-turkish-family-wanted-by-erdogan-govt-4895423\/lite\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turkish_involvement_in_the_Syrian_civil_war<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/securityaffairs.co\/wordpress\/41169\/breaking-news\/finfisher-spyware-new-customers.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.business-humanrights.org\/en\/latest-news\/german-prosecutor-to-investigate-finfisher-for-allegedly-selling-spyware-used-against-journalists-and-activists-in-turkey-without-license\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.ecchr.eu\/en\/press-release\/german-prosecutor-opens-criminal-investiation-into-finfisher-for-selling-spyware-to-turkey-without-license\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reporter-ohne-grenzen.de\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/freiheitsrechte.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[60]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[61]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecchr.eu\/en\/about-us\/?L=2<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[62]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 4-5<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[63]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 6-7, page 12<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[64]<\/a> https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847361\/UK-NCP-initial-complaint-privacy-international-and-others-against-gamma-international-uk-ltd.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847362\/UK-NCP-Final-statement-complaint-Privacy-International-Gamma-International-UK-Ltd.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847364\/uk-ncp-follow-up-statement-privacy-international-gamma-international.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[65]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/privacy-international-complaint-to-uk-ncp-about-gamma-international-uk-ltd<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[66]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/finfisher-malicious-spyware-disguised-mozilla-firefox-discovered-36-countries-1233177<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[67]<\/a> https:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/home\/security-news\/finfisher-command-and-control-hubs-turn-up-in-11-new-countries\/<\/a> ; 2013.04.01 SC Magazine on FinFisher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[68]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/german-prosecutors-investigate-spyware-maker-finfisher\/a-50293812<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[69]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/2020\/unsere-strafanzeige-razzia-bei-staatstrojaner-firma-finfisher-in-muenchen\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[70]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/intelligence_privacy\/avira-lantivirus-comprato-dai-servizi-segreti-del-golfo-persico\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/blogs.mediapart.fr\/paolo-fusi\/blog\/260920\/le-hacker-militaire-qui-achete-avira<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[71]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/research\/2020\/09\/german-made-finspy-spyware-found-in-egypt-and-mac-and-linux-versions-revealed\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[72]<\/a> https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/BL-DGB-23568<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/technology\/apple\/8912714\/Apple-iTunes-flaw-allowed-government-spying-for-3-years.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/krebsonsecurity.com\/2011\/11\/apple-took-3-years-to-fix-finfisher-trojan-hole\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2012-07-25\/cyber-attacks-on-activists-traced-to-finfisher-spyware-of-gamma<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[75]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/tecnologia\/2015\/07\/12\/news\/segreti-concorrenza-e-fobie-tutti-i-punti-deboli-di-hacking-team-1.35241096<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[76]<\/a> https:\/\/citizenlab.ca\/2015\/10\/mapping-finfishers-continuing-proliferation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[77]<\/a> https:\/\/bigbrotherawards.de\/en\/2012\/technology-gamma-international<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[78]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/pdf\/gammagrouploutheannelsonwapenhandelaarspursang.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/slideum.com\/doc\/9973831\/gehele-observant-%2369--januari-2017-politie-mercenaries<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[79]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[81]<\/a> U.S. Department of Commerce, Industry and Trade Administration, \u201cCommercial News USA<\/em>\u201d, U.S. Foreign Commercial Service, Washington DC, 1979, page 38<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[82]<\/a> https:\/\/www.referenceforbusiness.com\/history2\/1\/CompuDyne-Corporation.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[83]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[84]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/hk\/0475615<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[85]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/02088610<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[86]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[87]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/01958854<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[88]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/05318642<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[89]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/06591222<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[90]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[91]<\/a> https:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/200809010266.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[92]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nti.org\/gsn\/article\/danish-man-charged-with-wmd-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[93]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[94]<\/a> Elaman AG Malans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[95]<\/a> Holger G\u00fcnther Rumscheidt Kirchberg in Tirol<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[96]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[97]<\/a> https:\/\/www.webcitation.org\/5k8f6XouC?url=http:\/\/www.zianet.com\/jpage\/Bad%20Aibling%20Station%20-%20A%20Legacy%20of%20Excellence.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/military.wikia.org\/wiki\/Bad_Aibling_Station<\/a> ; Gottfried Mayr, \u201cDas Kriegsgefangenenlager PWE No. 26: Bad Aibling 1945-1946 : Massenschicksal \u2013 Einzelschicksale\u201c, Bad Aibling: Hist. Verein Bad Aibling und Umgebung, Bald Aibling 2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[98]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[99]<\/a> James Bamford, \u201cBody of secrets: Anatomy of the ultra-secret NSA<\/em>\u201d, Anchor Books, New York, 2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[100]<\/a> https:\/\/www.europarl.europa.eu\/sides\/getDoc.do?pubRef=-\/\/EP\/\/TEXT+REPORT+A5-2001-0264+0+DOC+XML+V0\/\/EN<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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The investigation by the Munich prosecutor's office leaves a slightly bitter taste in the mouth: how is it possible that a complaint from four NGOs was necessary for investigation? It makes sense that the suspicion of hypocrisy arises, especially considering that the German Secret Service (BND) awarded Stephan Oelkers of Gamma International the Big Brother Awards in 2012, because Gamma was \"the world's best computer systems intrusion company. and installation of surveillance software<\/em> (...) Gamma offers its services on its website \u2013 although the development and distribution of this type of spyware is prohibited by German criminal law (Par. 282c StGB). However, this only applies to private customers, not sales to domestic authorities or the secret police of a foreign dictatorship. This is the reason why the Munich public prosecutor's office refused to initiate criminal proceedings against Gamma<\/em>\u201d[77]<\/a>. In short: everyone knew it all, but eight years ago the Munich prosecutor thought it was a trifle as long as this monstrous technology was being used by dictatorships to oppress their own people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To be precise, we know a lot about the illegal activities of this group since 1973 (when computers were toys and espionage involved infiltrating shady men into secret rooms using a document microfilming device. banned) of people scattered in the English countryside, in the port of Hamburg, in the Bavarian capital or in the slums of Cape Town. The story begins with a cable that the US Embassy in Bonn sent to federal authorities \u2013 a message reporting the suspicious activities of Hamburg-based Dutch electronics retailer Peter Kluever[78]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CIA decides to invest in this man, as does the German army. In 1981, his two companies PK Electronics and PKI Electronic Intelligence GmbH already had contracts with the US government. In 1983, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Abdullah Ibn Nasir IBn Abd al-Asis Al Sa'ud, visited Hamburg and the German generals showed him the effects of the use of Kluever technology on the efficiency and cadence of Leopard tanks fired \u2013 which the government of Moved Riyadh to acquire this technology[79]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1987, Oelkers flew to Beijing for a demonstration of its new chips and delighted the Chinese generals who have become part of its clientele[80]<\/a>. As part of the agreements signed with the United States, from 1985, Kluever sold very modern American spy technology (developed by the Ocean Applied Research Corporation in San Diego[81]<\/a> and distributed by the CompuDyne Corporation group in Pennsylvania[82]<\/a>) Muhammar Ghaddafi in Libya, Hafiz Al-Assad in Syria, Haji Mohammad Suharto in Indonesia \u2013 the three presidents use it to intercept phone calls and radio broadcasts from opponents, foreign armies and rebel groups[83]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As he grew older, Kluever sold his company (the PK Electronics Group in Hamburg) to two engineers, the German Stephan Oelkers and the Englishman William Louthean Nelson. The latter had started running the Beijing office in 1985 and had established his own company, Personal Protection Products Ltd. Hong Kong[84]<\/a> in 1992, which until 1994, through its subsidiary in Hull[85]<\/a>, sold listening devices used by the British secret services to fight the IRA in Ulster[86]<\/a>. When Kluever retires, PK Electronics will be passed on to William Nelson and his Louthean son John Alexander Nelson, the founders of the Gamma International Group[87]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The chart of the investments of the Gamma International Group as well as of associated persons and companies \u2013 \u00a9 IBI World Ltd. London<\/sub><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A new era is beginning in which the old wiretapping will soon be overcome and forgotten. The young Louthean begins to work with Niels J\u00f8rgen Tobiasen and his two companies: The CBRN Team Ltd. London[88]<\/a> and The Phoenix Hazard Training Ltd. Darlington[89]<\/a>. It is an industrial operation that arose out of a contract to supply chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapons to Uganda[90]<\/a> which was negotiated with a member of the government, Ananias Tumukunde, who had accepted a bribe of \u00a3 40,000[91]<\/a>. An operation that ended with the arrest of Tumukunde in Kampala and Tobiasen in London in July 2007[92]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During these years, Louthean Nelson also tried to facilitate a collaboration with the hacking team of David Vincenzetti: with one of the best hackers of the Milan group, Alberto Pelliccione, Nelson tried after a while to find a system. to hack Nokia devices \u2013 but Pelliccione changes his mind when he finds out Nelson has started delivering weapons to countries affected by international sanctions through a company that has now been liquidated, Cyan Engineering Services SAL Beirut[93]<\/a>. Something that Pelliccione wants nothing to do with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps even more surprising is the next business: Nelson founds Elaman and relocates some activities to Switzerland[94]<\/a> because he is once again doing business with his father's former partner, Stephan Oelkers. Oelkers convinced Nelson to move his operations center from Hamburg to Munich and to accept a new partner, Holger G\u00fcnther Rumscheidt. This should work with the Austrian secret service[95]<\/a> and attempt to take the Bad Aibling station back from the NSA (American Military Intelligence)[96]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is an imposing and extremely symbolic temptation: the Bad Aibling interception station was born in 1936 as a military airport and radar center of the Luftwaffe, and at the end of the war, the American army converted it into a camp transit for released prisoners of war and victims of National Socialist concentration camps. A very famous concentration camp that the writers G\u00fcnter Grass and Joseph Ratzinger (the future Pope Benedict XVI) passed through[97]<\/a>. From 1952 until the closure, requested by the European Union in 2001 and carried out in 2004 (officially, since the facility was still in operation in 2013[98]<\/a>), the NSA of Bad Aibling assembled its Echelon systems[99]<\/a> to intercept telephone communications of the entire planet[100]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The takeover of the NSA station would have been the dedication of Nelson and his employees to a company of global significance and almost unlimited power. Negotiations were not over when FinFisher started selling its FinSpy to Turkey and the world began to see the danger. After the research in Munich, Switzerland and Romania, Nelson began to liquidate all the companies as quickly as possible: some of them (Computplus Ltd., G2 Systems Ltd., Gamma 2000 Ltd., Gamma 2000 Waste Management Ltd., Gamma International (UK) Ltd.) were liquidated in early February 2021 at the time of writing[101]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is no turning back<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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April 14, 2007: Over a million peaceful citizens protest against the abolition of freedom and against a regime that has turned their homeland into a hell of oppression, violence and misery. An exciting scene of humanity that could hardly be repeated<\/sub><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, that does not change the substance of things. Today, February 2021, the government and its intelligence agencies in at least 40 countries around the world, the vast majority of which are ruled by dictatorships, have in their hands software that not only goes beyond doomsday scenarios. described by George Orwell, but also from \"Brazil\" by Terry Gilliam: Now, a regime no longer needs to discover that someone is preparing a plot to isolate, torture, condemn and exterminate them. The state can create evidence with the click of a computer, using software that in a thousandth of a second will doom each one of us and implicate each of our loved ones in our destruction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a society where the alienation of the individual from the common context has already reached worrying proportions, the software developed and sold by a small handful of criminals totally unknown to the public has enabled humanity to embark on a path of no return: one where there is nothing more true and verifiable in which each of us must doubt who is around us, and even (and even more) ourselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The weakness and superficiality with which Western governments (especially the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom) have allowed this software to be distributed across the planet for purely selfish calculations is unforgivable and the sign that 75 years after the end of WWII, 30 years after the end of the cold war, and the fear of nuclear conflict when nature rebels against the foolish way we are destroying it, people have crossed the line ultimate \u2013 those in which the enemy who kills does not come from outside, but from within \u2013 and is inexorable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/65-in-yuzbinleri-6335051<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/6554851.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/laik-turkiye-icin-caglayan-a-6426626<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/3-miting-3-mesaj-6462629<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/izmir-rekor-bekliyor-6495436<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/turkey-used-german-spy-software-on-opposition-politicians-and-activists\/a-43787769<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/atalayar.com\/en\/content\/turkish-spy-networks-control-opponents<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-39416954<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.birgun.net\/haber\/iddia-pelikancilar-hakan-fidan-gitsin-diyor-283382<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trthaber.com\/haber\/gundem\/iletisim-baskanligi-berat-albayrakin-gorevden-af-talebi-kabul-edilmistir-529559.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/europe\/russia-accuses-president-erdogan-s-son-law-being-linked-isis-oil-trade-a6761436.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2016\/09\/turkey-redhackers-daunt-the-erdogan-family.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/thepressproject.gr\/exclusive-wikileaks-documents-relations-erdogan-isis-oil-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.duvarenglish.com\/sport\/2020\/02\/10\/politics-in-stadiums-fenerbahce-fans-urge-minister-albayrak-to-keep-hands-off-football<\/a> ; https:\/\/odatv4.com\/fenerbahceliler-damata-karsi-ayaga-kalkti-02022031.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> Intelligence Online, \u201cHakan Fidan close to ministerial promotion<\/em>\u201d, see in 2020.11.18 Hakan Fidan Minister<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkey-launches-project-to-train-1-million-software-developers-154081<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> 2017.04.13 T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mill%C3%AE_%C4%B0stihbarat_Te%C5%9Fkil%C3%A2t%C4%B1#Leitung<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> Hakan Fidan on Nexis, pages 57-60<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/t24.com.tr\/haber\/adanada-3-tir-durduruldu-arama-yapiliyor,248707<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> 1000 colpi di mortaio, 1000 colpi di artiglieria, 50\u2019000 fucili d'assalto e 30\u2019000 munizioni per mitragliatrice \u2013 see in https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529223636\/http:\/\/www.aktifhaber.com\/devlet-sirri-denilen-mit-tirlari-ile-ilgili-tapeler-1053377h.htm#<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.haber7.com\/guncel\/haber\/1121773-mit-tirlari-neden-durduruldu<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com.tr\/haber\/mit-tirlari-boyle-durduruldu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/bianet.org\/bianet\/insan-haklari\/155519-tir-lari-durdurmakla-suclanan-13-askere-muebbet-istendi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.milliyet.com.tr\/gundem\/mit-tirlari-olayinda-yeni-gelisme-5-savci-gorevden-uzaklastirildi-1999064<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/erdogandan-canli-yayinda-can-dundara-tehdit-288885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/www.faz.net\/aktuell\/politik\/ausland\/europa\/tuerkei\/tuerkei-kampf-gegen-die-soldaten-des-lichts-12715816.html?printPagedArticle=true#pageIndex_3<\/a> ; https:\/\/taz.de\/Wie-Guelen-zum-Staatsfeind-Nr-1-wurde\/!5323191\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.sabah.com.tr\/gundem\/2021\/02\/03\/son-dakika-istihbarattaki-fetocu-generalden-bomba-itiraflar-tegmen-rutbemi-fetullah-gulen-takti<\/a> ; https:\/\/tr.sputniknews.com\/turkiye\/202001211041211454-sozcu-ilker-basbugu-cezaevine-attiran-feto-mektubunu-acikliyoruz\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.genios.de\/presse-archiv\/artikel\/FAZ\/20171111\/jagd-auf-die-guelenisten\/FR1201711115279571.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nadir.org\/nadir\/initiativ\/isku\/hintergrund\/geheimdienste\/geheim994.htm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/tuerkischer-geheimdienst-liess-erdogan-gegner-in-deutschland-ausspionieren\/12027820.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article157778863\/Erdogans-Agenten-bedrohen-Tuerken-in-Deutschland.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.derstandard.at\/story\/1397522175727\/geheimdienst-staat-tuerkei<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2020\/09\/turkey-austria-spy-nehammer-kurdish-clashes-protests-vienna.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/austria-turkey-espionage-int-idUSKBN25S4R5<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/10\/13\/world\/europe\/turkey-austria-erdogan-assassin.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/global-europe\/news\/flemish-minister-turkish-sponosred-mosque-is-nest-of-spies\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/07\/06\/influenced-by-gulenists-belgium-targets-turkish-mosques-fighting-extremism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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In 2015, the Citizen Lab Institute in Toronto had identified 35 countries that illegally used the applications of the Gamma \/ FinFisher group<\/sub><\/strong>[76]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The investigation by the Munich prosecutor's office leaves a slightly bitter taste in the mouth: how is it possible that a complaint from four NGOs was necessary for investigation? It makes sense that the suspicion of hypocrisy arises, especially considering that the German Secret Service (BND) awarded Stephan Oelkers of Gamma International the Big Brother Awards in 2012, because Gamma was \"the world's best computer systems intrusion company. and installation of surveillance software<\/em> (...) Gamma offers its services on its website \u2013 although the development and distribution of this type of spyware is prohibited by German criminal law (Par. 282c StGB). However, this only applies to private customers, not sales to domestic authorities or the secret police of a foreign dictatorship. This is the reason why the Munich public prosecutor's office refused to initiate criminal proceedings against Gamma<\/em>\u201d[77]<\/a>. In short: everyone knew it all, but eight years ago the Munich prosecutor thought it was a trifle as long as this monstrous technology was being used by dictatorships to oppress their own people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To be precise, we know a lot about the illegal activities of this group since 1973 (when computers were toys and espionage involved infiltrating shady men into secret rooms using a document microfilming device. banned) of people scattered in the English countryside, in the port of Hamburg, in the Bavarian capital or in the slums of Cape Town. The story begins with a cable that the US Embassy in Bonn sent to federal authorities \u2013 a message reporting the suspicious activities of Hamburg-based Dutch electronics retailer Peter Kluever[78]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CIA decides to invest in this man, as does the German army. In 1981, his two companies PK Electronics and PKI Electronic Intelligence GmbH already had contracts with the US government. In 1983, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Abdullah Ibn Nasir IBn Abd al-Asis Al Sa'ud, visited Hamburg and the German generals showed him the effects of the use of Kluever technology on the efficiency and cadence of Leopard tanks fired \u2013 which the government of Moved Riyadh to acquire this technology[79]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1987, Oelkers flew to Beijing for a demonstration of its new chips and delighted the Chinese generals who have become part of its clientele[80]<\/a>. As part of the agreements signed with the United States, from 1985, Kluever sold very modern American spy technology (developed by the Ocean Applied Research Corporation in San Diego[81]<\/a> and distributed by the CompuDyne Corporation group in Pennsylvania[82]<\/a>) Muhammar Ghaddafi in Libya, Hafiz Al-Assad in Syria, Haji Mohammad Suharto in Indonesia \u2013 the three presidents use it to intercept phone calls and radio broadcasts from opponents, foreign armies and rebel groups[83]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As he grew older, Kluever sold his company (the PK Electronics Group in Hamburg) to two engineers, the German Stephan Oelkers and the Englishman William Louthean Nelson. The latter had started running the Beijing office in 1985 and had established his own company, Personal Protection Products Ltd. Hong Kong[84]<\/a> in 1992, which until 1994, through its subsidiary in Hull[85]<\/a>, sold listening devices used by the British secret services to fight the IRA in Ulster[86]<\/a>. When Kluever retires, PK Electronics will be passed on to William Nelson and his Louthean son John Alexander Nelson, the founders of the Gamma International Group[87]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The chart of the investments of the Gamma International Group as well as of associated persons and companies \u2013 \u00a9 IBI World Ltd. London<\/sub><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A new era is beginning in which the old wiretapping will soon be overcome and forgotten. The young Louthean begins to work with Niels J\u00f8rgen Tobiasen and his two companies: The CBRN Team Ltd. London[88]<\/a> and The Phoenix Hazard Training Ltd. Darlington[89]<\/a>. It is an industrial operation that arose out of a contract to supply chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapons to Uganda[90]<\/a> which was negotiated with a member of the government, Ananias Tumukunde, who had accepted a bribe of \u00a3 40,000[91]<\/a>. An operation that ended with the arrest of Tumukunde in Kampala and Tobiasen in London in July 2007[92]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During these years, Louthean Nelson also tried to facilitate a collaboration with the hacking team of David Vincenzetti: with one of the best hackers of the Milan group, Alberto Pelliccione, Nelson tried after a while to find a system. to hack Nokia devices \u2013 but Pelliccione changes his mind when he finds out Nelson has started delivering weapons to countries affected by international sanctions through a company that has now been liquidated, Cyan Engineering Services SAL Beirut[93]<\/a>. Something that Pelliccione wants nothing to do with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps even more surprising is the next business: Nelson founds Elaman and relocates some activities to Switzerland[94]<\/a> because he is once again doing business with his father's former partner, Stephan Oelkers. Oelkers convinced Nelson to move his operations center from Hamburg to Munich and to accept a new partner, Holger G\u00fcnther Rumscheidt. This should work with the Austrian secret service[95]<\/a> and attempt to take the Bad Aibling station back from the NSA (American Military Intelligence)[96]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is an imposing and extremely symbolic temptation: the Bad Aibling interception station was born in 1936 as a military airport and radar center of the Luftwaffe, and at the end of the war, the American army converted it into a camp transit for released prisoners of war and victims of National Socialist concentration camps. A very famous concentration camp that the writers G\u00fcnter Grass and Joseph Ratzinger (the future Pope Benedict XVI) passed through[97]<\/a>. From 1952 until the closure, requested by the European Union in 2001 and carried out in 2004 (officially, since the facility was still in operation in 2013[98]<\/a>), the NSA of Bad Aibling assembled its Echelon systems[99]<\/a> to intercept telephone communications of the entire planet[100]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The takeover of the NSA station would have been the dedication of Nelson and his employees to a company of global significance and almost unlimited power. Negotiations were not over when FinFisher started selling its FinSpy to Turkey and the world began to see the danger. After the research in Munich, Switzerland and Romania, Nelson began to liquidate all the companies as quickly as possible: some of them (Computplus Ltd., G2 Systems Ltd., Gamma 2000 Ltd., Gamma 2000 Waste Management Ltd., Gamma International (UK) Ltd.) were liquidated in early February 2021 at the time of writing[101]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is no turning back<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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April 14, 2007: Over a million peaceful citizens protest against the abolition of freedom and against a regime that has turned their homeland into a hell of oppression, violence and misery. An exciting scene of humanity that could hardly be repeated<\/sub><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, that does not change the substance of things. Today, February 2021, the government and its intelligence agencies in at least 40 countries around the world, the vast majority of which are ruled by dictatorships, have in their hands software that not only goes beyond doomsday scenarios. described by George Orwell, but also from \"Brazil\" by Terry Gilliam: Now, a regime no longer needs to discover that someone is preparing a plot to isolate, torture, condemn and exterminate them. The state can create evidence with the click of a computer, using software that in a thousandth of a second will doom each one of us and implicate each of our loved ones in our destruction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a society where the alienation of the individual from the common context has already reached worrying proportions, the software developed and sold by a small handful of criminals totally unknown to the public has enabled humanity to embark on a path of no return: one where there is nothing more true and verifiable in which each of us must doubt who is around us, and even (and even more) ourselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The weakness and superficiality with which Western governments (especially the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom) have allowed this software to be distributed across the planet for purely selfish calculations is unforgivable and the sign that 75 years after the end of WWII, 30 years after the end of the cold war, and the fear of nuclear conflict when nature rebels against the foolish way we are destroying it, people have crossed the line ultimate \u2013 those in which the enemy who kills does not come from outside, but from within \u2013 and is inexorable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/65-in-yuzbinleri-6335051<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/6554851.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/laik-turkiye-icin-caglayan-a-6426626<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/3-miting-3-mesaj-6462629<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/izmir-rekor-bekliyor-6495436<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/turkey-used-german-spy-software-on-opposition-politicians-and-activists\/a-43787769<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/atalayar.com\/en\/content\/turkish-spy-networks-control-opponents<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-39416954<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.birgun.net\/haber\/iddia-pelikancilar-hakan-fidan-gitsin-diyor-283382<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trthaber.com\/haber\/gundem\/iletisim-baskanligi-berat-albayrakin-gorevden-af-talebi-kabul-edilmistir-529559.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/europe\/russia-accuses-president-erdogan-s-son-law-being-linked-isis-oil-trade-a6761436.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2016\/09\/turkey-redhackers-daunt-the-erdogan-family.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/thepressproject.gr\/exclusive-wikileaks-documents-relations-erdogan-isis-oil-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.duvarenglish.com\/sport\/2020\/02\/10\/politics-in-stadiums-fenerbahce-fans-urge-minister-albayrak-to-keep-hands-off-football<\/a> ; https:\/\/odatv4.com\/fenerbahceliler-damata-karsi-ayaga-kalkti-02022031.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> Intelligence Online, \u201cHakan Fidan close to ministerial promotion<\/em>\u201d, see in 2020.11.18 Hakan Fidan Minister<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkey-launches-project-to-train-1-million-software-developers-154081<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> 2017.04.13 T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mill%C3%AE_%C4%B0stihbarat_Te%C5%9Fkil%C3%A2t%C4%B1#Leitung<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> Hakan Fidan on Nexis, pages 57-60<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/t24.com.tr\/haber\/adanada-3-tir-durduruldu-arama-yapiliyor,248707<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> 1000 colpi di mortaio, 1000 colpi di artiglieria, 50\u2019000 fucili d'assalto e 30\u2019000 munizioni per mitragliatrice \u2013 see in https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529223636\/http:\/\/www.aktifhaber.com\/devlet-sirri-denilen-mit-tirlari-ile-ilgili-tapeler-1053377h.htm#<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.haber7.com\/guncel\/haber\/1121773-mit-tirlari-neden-durduruldu<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com.tr\/haber\/mit-tirlari-boyle-durduruldu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/bianet.org\/bianet\/insan-haklari\/155519-tir-lari-durdurmakla-suclanan-13-askere-muebbet-istendi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.milliyet.com.tr\/gundem\/mit-tirlari-olayinda-yeni-gelisme-5-savci-gorevden-uzaklastirildi-1999064<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/erdogandan-canli-yayinda-can-dundara-tehdit-288885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/www.faz.net\/aktuell\/politik\/ausland\/europa\/tuerkei\/tuerkei-kampf-gegen-die-soldaten-des-lichts-12715816.html?printPagedArticle=true#pageIndex_3<\/a> ; https:\/\/taz.de\/Wie-Guelen-zum-Staatsfeind-Nr-1-wurde\/!5323191\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.sabah.com.tr\/gundem\/2021\/02\/03\/son-dakika-istihbarattaki-fetocu-generalden-bomba-itiraflar-tegmen-rutbemi-fetullah-gulen-takti<\/a> ; https:\/\/tr.sputniknews.com\/turkiye\/202001211041211454-sozcu-ilker-basbugu-cezaevine-attiran-feto-mektubunu-acikliyoruz\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.genios.de\/presse-archiv\/artikel\/FAZ\/20171111\/jagd-auf-die-guelenisten\/FR1201711115279571.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nadir.org\/nadir\/initiativ\/isku\/hintergrund\/geheimdienste\/geheim994.htm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/tuerkischer-geheimdienst-liess-erdogan-gegner-in-deutschland-ausspionieren\/12027820.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article157778863\/Erdogans-Agenten-bedrohen-Tuerken-in-Deutschland.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.derstandard.at\/story\/1397522175727\/geheimdienst-staat-tuerkei<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2020\/09\/turkey-austria-spy-nehammer-kurdish-clashes-protests-vienna.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/austria-turkey-espionage-int-idUSKBN25S4R5<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/10\/13\/world\/europe\/turkey-austria-erdogan-assassin.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/global-europe\/news\/flemish-minister-turkish-sponosred-mosque-is-nest-of-spies\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/07\/06\/influenced-by-gulenists-belgium-targets-turkish-mosques-fighting-extremism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/erdogan-critics-listed-by-turkish-embassy-in-prague-were-included-in-bogus-terrorism-probe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turk-greek-ties-strained-by-arson-row-10324<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-greece-germany-spying\/greek-police-arrest-german-on-suspicion-of-spying-idUSBRE97208820130803<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kathimerini.gr\/society\/896001\/istories-me-kataskopoys-sto-aigaio\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.larissanet.gr\/2019\/06\/21\/dikazetai-sti-rodo-kataskopos-tis-tourkias\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/ahvalnews.com\/mit\/turkish-intelligence-recruits-eu-retirees-spy-greece<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/04\/turkish-intelligence-operations-targeting-critics-in-greece-exposed-in-secret-documents\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/intelnews.org\/2016\/12\/09\/01-2023\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/more-secret-documents-confirming-vast-turkish-espionage-activities-in-greece-uncovered\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.skai.gr\/news\/greece\/dyo-syllipseis-ellinon-gia-kataskopeia-sti-rodo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-kosovo-security-turkey-idUSKBN1H70CC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/opinion\/murat-yetkin\/turkish-intelligence-unveils-secret-codes-used-before-coup-attempt-103843<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2018\/09\/turkish-teachers-detained-moldova-gulen.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/balkaninsight.com\/2018\/09\/06\/six-turkish-professors-detained-by-moldovan-secret-services-09-06-2018\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/turkeypurge.com\/turkey-spying-imams-active-also-in-norway<\/a> ; https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/turkeys-autocratic-president-erdogans-spying-profiling-expands-in-norway\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/kafila.org\/www-matthewaid-com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/report-sweden-launches-espionage-probe-into-turkish-govt-representatives\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/politics\/undiplomatic_swiss-eye-alleged-turkish-kidnapping-attempt\/43973170<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/swiss-foreign-minister-warns-turkey-against-illegal-spying-111199<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/eu-affairs\/2017\/05\/01\/as-anti-turkish-politics-grip-europe-turkish-swiss-policeman-arrested<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-brings-key-feto-suspect-from-ukraine-to-turkey-134608<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.meforum.org\/60976\/turkish-spy-agency-mit-intelligence-gathering-australia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-egypt-court\/egypt-detains-29-people-on-suspicion-of-espionage-for-turkey-idUSKBN1DM1AN<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.egypttoday.com\/Article\/1\/33764\/In-Pictures-Egypt-foils-Turkish-espionage-attempt<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-agency-brings-three-feto-members-from-gabon-to-turkey-130050<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/turkey\/turkish-intelligence-agency-rescues-a-kidnapped-italian-citizen-in-kenya-36192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20190807-libyan-national-army-turkish-intelligence-is-operating-in-tripoli\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/11\/27\/senior-feto-figure-captured-by-turkish-intelligence-in-sudan\/amp<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/07\/turkish-diplomats-have-extensively-spied-on-critics-in-the-united-states\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/1101683.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intel-returns-wanted-feto-from-azerbaijan-140108<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/06\/turkish-diplomats-spy-on-erdogan-critics-in-georgia-secret-document-reveals\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[52]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/cellmate-teacher-abducted-by-turkeys-mit-from-malaysia-subjected-to-torture-in-ankara\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligences-captures-feto-suspect-in-malaysia-146188<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-mongolia-kidnapping-turkey-idUSKBN1KI03N<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/pakistan\/pakistan-admits-they-secretly-deported-turkish-family-wanted-by-erdogan-govt-4895423\/lite\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turkish_involvement_in_the_Syrian_civil_war<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/securityaffairs.co\/wordpress\/41169\/breaking-news\/finfisher-spyware-new-customers.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[58]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reporter-ohne-grenzen.de\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/freiheitsrechte.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[60]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[61]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecchr.eu\/en\/about-us\/?L=2<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[62]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 4-5<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[63]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 6-7, page 12<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[65]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/privacy-international-complaint-to-uk-ncp-about-gamma-international-uk-ltd<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[66]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/finfisher-malicious-spyware-disguised-mozilla-firefox-discovered-36-countries-1233177<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[67]<\/a> https:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/home\/security-news\/finfisher-command-and-control-hubs-turn-up-in-11-new-countries\/<\/a> ; 2013.04.01 SC Magazine on FinFisher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[68]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/german-prosecutors-investigate-spyware-maker-finfisher\/a-50293812<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[69]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/2020\/unsere-strafanzeige-razzia-bei-staatstrojaner-firma-finfisher-in-muenchen\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[70]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/intelligence_privacy\/avira-lantivirus-comprato-dai-servizi-segreti-del-golfo-persico\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/blogs.mediapart.fr\/paolo-fusi\/blog\/260920\/le-hacker-militaire-qui-achete-avira<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[71]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/research\/2020\/09\/german-made-finspy-spyware-found-in-egypt-and-mac-and-linux-versions-revealed\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[75]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/tecnologia\/2015\/07\/12\/news\/segreti-concorrenza-e-fobie-tutti-i-punti-deboli-di-hacking-team-1.35241096<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[76]<\/a> https:\/\/citizenlab.ca\/2015\/10\/mapping-finfishers-continuing-proliferation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[77]<\/a> https:\/\/bigbrotherawards.de\/en\/2012\/technology-gamma-international<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[78]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/pdf\/gammagrouploutheannelsonwapenhandelaarspursang.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/slideum.com\/doc\/9973831\/gehele-observant-%2369--januari-2017-politie-mercenaries<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[79]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[81]<\/a> U.S. Department of Commerce, Industry and Trade Administration, \u201cCommercial News USA<\/em>\u201d, U.S. Foreign Commercial Service, Washington DC, 1979, page 38<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[82]<\/a> https:\/\/www.referenceforbusiness.com\/history2\/1\/CompuDyne-Corporation.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[84]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/hk\/0475615<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[85]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/02088610<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[92]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nti.org\/gsn\/article\/danish-man-charged-with-wmd-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[94]<\/a> Elaman AG Malans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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In 2015, the Citizen Lab Institute in Toronto had identified 35 countries that illegally used the applications of the Gamma \/ FinFisher group<\/sub><\/strong>[76]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The investigation by the Munich prosecutor's office leaves a slightly bitter taste in the mouth: how is it possible that a complaint from four NGOs was necessary for investigation? It makes sense that the suspicion of hypocrisy arises, especially considering that the German Secret Service (BND) awarded Stephan Oelkers of Gamma International the Big Brother Awards in 2012, because Gamma was \"the world's best computer systems intrusion company. and installation of surveillance software<\/em> (...) Gamma offers its services on its website \u2013 although the development and distribution of this type of spyware is prohibited by German criminal law (Par. 282c StGB). However, this only applies to private customers, not sales to domestic authorities or the secret police of a foreign dictatorship. This is the reason why the Munich public prosecutor's office refused to initiate criminal proceedings against Gamma<\/em>\u201d[77]<\/a>. In short: everyone knew it all, but eight years ago the Munich prosecutor thought it was a trifle as long as this monstrous technology was being used by dictatorships to oppress their own people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To be precise, we know a lot about the illegal activities of this group since 1973 (when computers were toys and espionage involved infiltrating shady men into secret rooms using a document microfilming device. banned) of people scattered in the English countryside, in the port of Hamburg, in the Bavarian capital or in the slums of Cape Town. The story begins with a cable that the US Embassy in Bonn sent to federal authorities \u2013 a message reporting the suspicious activities of Hamburg-based Dutch electronics retailer Peter Kluever[78]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CIA decides to invest in this man, as does the German army. In 1981, his two companies PK Electronics and PKI Electronic Intelligence GmbH already had contracts with the US government. In 1983, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Abdullah Ibn Nasir IBn Abd al-Asis Al Sa'ud, visited Hamburg and the German generals showed him the effects of the use of Kluever technology on the efficiency and cadence of Leopard tanks fired \u2013 which the government of Moved Riyadh to acquire this technology[79]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1987, Oelkers flew to Beijing for a demonstration of its new chips and delighted the Chinese generals who have become part of its clientele[80]<\/a>. As part of the agreements signed with the United States, from 1985, Kluever sold very modern American spy technology (developed by the Ocean Applied Research Corporation in San Diego[81]<\/a> and distributed by the CompuDyne Corporation group in Pennsylvania[82]<\/a>) Muhammar Ghaddafi in Libya, Hafiz Al-Assad in Syria, Haji Mohammad Suharto in Indonesia \u2013 the three presidents use it to intercept phone calls and radio broadcasts from opponents, foreign armies and rebel groups[83]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As he grew older, Kluever sold his company (the PK Electronics Group in Hamburg) to two engineers, the German Stephan Oelkers and the Englishman William Louthean Nelson. The latter had started running the Beijing office in 1985 and had established his own company, Personal Protection Products Ltd. Hong Kong[84]<\/a> in 1992, which until 1994, through its subsidiary in Hull[85]<\/a>, sold listening devices used by the British secret services to fight the IRA in Ulster[86]<\/a>. When Kluever retires, PK Electronics will be passed on to William Nelson and his Louthean son John Alexander Nelson, the founders of the Gamma International Group[87]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The chart of the investments of the Gamma International Group as well as of associated persons and companies \u2013 \u00a9 IBI World Ltd. London<\/sub><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A new era is beginning in which the old wiretapping will soon be overcome and forgotten. The young Louthean begins to work with Niels J\u00f8rgen Tobiasen and his two companies: The CBRN Team Ltd. London[88]<\/a> and The Phoenix Hazard Training Ltd. Darlington[89]<\/a>. It is an industrial operation that arose out of a contract to supply chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapons to Uganda[90]<\/a> which was negotiated with a member of the government, Ananias Tumukunde, who had accepted a bribe of \u00a3 40,000[91]<\/a>. An operation that ended with the arrest of Tumukunde in Kampala and Tobiasen in London in July 2007[92]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During these years, Louthean Nelson also tried to facilitate a collaboration with the hacking team of David Vincenzetti: with one of the best hackers of the Milan group, Alberto Pelliccione, Nelson tried after a while to find a system. to hack Nokia devices \u2013 but Pelliccione changes his mind when he finds out Nelson has started delivering weapons to countries affected by international sanctions through a company that has now been liquidated, Cyan Engineering Services SAL Beirut[93]<\/a>. Something that Pelliccione wants nothing to do with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps even more surprising is the next business: Nelson founds Elaman and relocates some activities to Switzerland[94]<\/a> because he is once again doing business with his father's former partner, Stephan Oelkers. Oelkers convinced Nelson to move his operations center from Hamburg to Munich and to accept a new partner, Holger G\u00fcnther Rumscheidt. This should work with the Austrian secret service[95]<\/a> and attempt to take the Bad Aibling station back from the NSA (American Military Intelligence)[96]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is an imposing and extremely symbolic temptation: the Bad Aibling interception station was born in 1936 as a military airport and radar center of the Luftwaffe, and at the end of the war, the American army converted it into a camp transit for released prisoners of war and victims of National Socialist concentration camps. A very famous concentration camp that the writers G\u00fcnter Grass and Joseph Ratzinger (the future Pope Benedict XVI) passed through[97]<\/a>. From 1952 until the closure, requested by the European Union in 2001 and carried out in 2004 (officially, since the facility was still in operation in 2013[98]<\/a>), the NSA of Bad Aibling assembled its Echelon systems[99]<\/a> to intercept telephone communications of the entire planet[100]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The takeover of the NSA station would have been the dedication of Nelson and his employees to a company of global significance and almost unlimited power. Negotiations were not over when FinFisher started selling its FinSpy to Turkey and the world began to see the danger. After the research in Munich, Switzerland and Romania, Nelson began to liquidate all the companies as quickly as possible: some of them (Computplus Ltd., G2 Systems Ltd., Gamma 2000 Ltd., Gamma 2000 Waste Management Ltd., Gamma International (UK) Ltd.) were liquidated in early February 2021 at the time of writing[101]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is no turning back<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

April 14, 2007: Over a million peaceful citizens protest against the abolition of freedom and against a regime that has turned their homeland into a hell of oppression, violence and misery. An exciting scene of humanity that could hardly be repeated<\/sub><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, that does not change the substance of things. Today, February 2021, the government and its intelligence agencies in at least 40 countries around the world, the vast majority of which are ruled by dictatorships, have in their hands software that not only goes beyond doomsday scenarios. described by George Orwell, but also from \"Brazil\" by Terry Gilliam: Now, a regime no longer needs to discover that someone is preparing a plot to isolate, torture, condemn and exterminate them. The state can create evidence with the click of a computer, using software that in a thousandth of a second will doom each one of us and implicate each of our loved ones in our destruction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a society where the alienation of the individual from the common context has already reached worrying proportions, the software developed and sold by a small handful of criminals totally unknown to the public has enabled humanity to embark on a path of no return: one where there is nothing more true and verifiable in which each of us must doubt who is around us, and even (and even more) ourselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The weakness and superficiality with which Western governments (especially the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom) have allowed this software to be distributed across the planet for purely selfish calculations is unforgivable and the sign that 75 years after the end of WWII, 30 years after the end of the cold war, and the fear of nuclear conflict when nature rebels against the foolish way we are destroying it, people have crossed the line ultimate \u2013 those in which the enemy who kills does not come from outside, but from within \u2013 and is inexorable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/65-in-yuzbinleri-6335051<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/6554851.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/laik-turkiye-icin-caglayan-a-6426626<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/3-miting-3-mesaj-6462629<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/izmir-rekor-bekliyor-6495436<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/turkey-used-german-spy-software-on-opposition-politicians-and-activists\/a-43787769<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/atalayar.com\/en\/content\/turkish-spy-networks-control-opponents<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-39416954<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.birgun.net\/haber\/iddia-pelikancilar-hakan-fidan-gitsin-diyor-283382<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trthaber.com\/haber\/gundem\/iletisim-baskanligi-berat-albayrakin-gorevden-af-talebi-kabul-edilmistir-529559.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/europe\/russia-accuses-president-erdogan-s-son-law-being-linked-isis-oil-trade-a6761436.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2016\/09\/turkey-redhackers-daunt-the-erdogan-family.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/thepressproject.gr\/exclusive-wikileaks-documents-relations-erdogan-isis-oil-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.duvarenglish.com\/sport\/2020\/02\/10\/politics-in-stadiums-fenerbahce-fans-urge-minister-albayrak-to-keep-hands-off-football<\/a> ; https:\/\/odatv4.com\/fenerbahceliler-damata-karsi-ayaga-kalkti-02022031.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> Intelligence Online, \u201cHakan Fidan close to ministerial promotion<\/em>\u201d, see in 2020.11.18 Hakan Fidan Minister<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkey-launches-project-to-train-1-million-software-developers-154081<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> 2017.04.13 T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mill%C3%AE_%C4%B0stihbarat_Te%C5%9Fkil%C3%A2t%C4%B1#Leitung<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> Hakan Fidan on Nexis, pages 57-60<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/t24.com.tr\/haber\/adanada-3-tir-durduruldu-arama-yapiliyor,248707<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> 1000 colpi di mortaio, 1000 colpi di artiglieria, 50\u2019000 fucili d'assalto e 30\u2019000 munizioni per mitragliatrice \u2013 see in https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529223636\/http:\/\/www.aktifhaber.com\/devlet-sirri-denilen-mit-tirlari-ile-ilgili-tapeler-1053377h.htm#<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.haber7.com\/guncel\/haber\/1121773-mit-tirlari-neden-durduruldu<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com.tr\/haber\/mit-tirlari-boyle-durduruldu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/bianet.org\/bianet\/insan-haklari\/155519-tir-lari-durdurmakla-suclanan-13-askere-muebbet-istendi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.milliyet.com.tr\/gundem\/mit-tirlari-olayinda-yeni-gelisme-5-savci-gorevden-uzaklastirildi-1999064<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/erdogandan-canli-yayinda-can-dundara-tehdit-288885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/www.faz.net\/aktuell\/politik\/ausland\/europa\/tuerkei\/tuerkei-kampf-gegen-die-soldaten-des-lichts-12715816.html?printPagedArticle=true#pageIndex_3<\/a> ; https:\/\/taz.de\/Wie-Guelen-zum-Staatsfeind-Nr-1-wurde\/!5323191\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.sabah.com.tr\/gundem\/2021\/02\/03\/son-dakika-istihbarattaki-fetocu-generalden-bomba-itiraflar-tegmen-rutbemi-fetullah-gulen-takti<\/a> ; https:\/\/tr.sputniknews.com\/turkiye\/202001211041211454-sozcu-ilker-basbugu-cezaevine-attiran-feto-mektubunu-acikliyoruz\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.genios.de\/presse-archiv\/artikel\/FAZ\/20171111\/jagd-auf-die-guelenisten\/FR1201711115279571.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nadir.org\/nadir\/initiativ\/isku\/hintergrund\/geheimdienste\/geheim994.htm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/tuerkischer-geheimdienst-liess-erdogan-gegner-in-deutschland-ausspionieren\/12027820.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article157778863\/Erdogans-Agenten-bedrohen-Tuerken-in-Deutschland.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.derstandard.at\/story\/1397522175727\/geheimdienst-staat-tuerkei<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2020\/09\/turkey-austria-spy-nehammer-kurdish-clashes-protests-vienna.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/austria-turkey-espionage-int-idUSKBN25S4R5<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/10\/13\/world\/europe\/turkey-austria-erdogan-assassin.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/global-europe\/news\/flemish-minister-turkish-sponosred-mosque-is-nest-of-spies\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/07\/06\/influenced-by-gulenists-belgium-targets-turkish-mosques-fighting-extremism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/erdogan-critics-listed-by-turkish-embassy-in-prague-were-included-in-bogus-terrorism-probe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turk-greek-ties-strained-by-arson-row-10324<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-greece-germany-spying\/greek-police-arrest-german-on-suspicion-of-spying-idUSBRE97208820130803<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kathimerini.gr\/society\/896001\/istories-me-kataskopoys-sto-aigaio\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.larissanet.gr\/2019\/06\/21\/dikazetai-sti-rodo-kataskopos-tis-tourkias\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/ahvalnews.com\/mit\/turkish-intelligence-recruits-eu-retirees-spy-greece<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/04\/turkish-intelligence-operations-targeting-critics-in-greece-exposed-in-secret-documents\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/intelnews.org\/2016\/12\/09\/01-2023\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/more-secret-documents-confirming-vast-turkish-espionage-activities-in-greece-uncovered\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.skai.gr\/news\/greece\/dyo-syllipseis-ellinon-gia-kataskopeia-sti-rodo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-kosovo-security-turkey-idUSKBN1H70CC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/opinion\/murat-yetkin\/turkish-intelligence-unveils-secret-codes-used-before-coup-attempt-103843<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2018\/09\/turkish-teachers-detained-moldova-gulen.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/balkaninsight.com\/2018\/09\/06\/six-turkish-professors-detained-by-moldovan-secret-services-09-06-2018\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/turkeypurge.com\/turkey-spying-imams-active-also-in-norway<\/a> ; https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/turkeys-autocratic-president-erdogans-spying-profiling-expands-in-norway\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/kafila.org\/www-matthewaid-com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/report-sweden-launches-espionage-probe-into-turkish-govt-representatives\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/politics\/undiplomatic_swiss-eye-alleged-turkish-kidnapping-attempt\/43973170<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/swiss-foreign-minister-warns-turkey-against-illegal-spying-111199<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/eu-affairs\/2017\/05\/01\/as-anti-turkish-politics-grip-europe-turkish-swiss-policeman-arrested<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-brings-key-feto-suspect-from-ukraine-to-turkey-134608<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.meforum.org\/60976\/turkish-spy-agency-mit-intelligence-gathering-australia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-egypt-court\/egypt-detains-29-people-on-suspicion-of-espionage-for-turkey-idUSKBN1DM1AN<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.egypttoday.com\/Article\/1\/33764\/In-Pictures-Egypt-foils-Turkish-espionage-attempt<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-agency-brings-three-feto-members-from-gabon-to-turkey-130050<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/turkey\/turkish-intelligence-agency-rescues-a-kidnapped-italian-citizen-in-kenya-36192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20190807-libyan-national-army-turkish-intelligence-is-operating-in-tripoli\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/11\/27\/senior-feto-figure-captured-by-turkish-intelligence-in-sudan\/amp<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/07\/turkish-diplomats-have-extensively-spied-on-critics-in-the-united-states\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/1101683.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intel-returns-wanted-feto-from-azerbaijan-140108<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/06\/turkish-diplomats-spy-on-erdogan-critics-in-georgia-secret-document-reveals\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2019\/04\/22\/4-pkk-terrorists-brought-to-turkey-from-iraq-in-operation-by-turkish-intelligence<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/news\/pkk-confirms-capture-two-turkish-spies-iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.presstv.com\/Detail\/2017\/08\/29\/533306\/PKK-Turkish-officers-spying-Iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.sabah.com.tr\/gundem\/2019\/07\/07\/son-dakika-teror-orgutu-pkkkcknin-sozde-baskanlik-konseyi-uyesi-diyar-garip-muhammed-etkisiz-hale-getirildi<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thedefensepost.com\/2018\/08\/15\/turkey-airstrike-pkk-sinjar-iraq\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/menafn.com\/1098975780\/Turkish-warplanes-neutralize-4-PKK-terrorists-In-Iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2019\/09\/16\/3-pkk-terrorists-neutralized-by-turkish-jets-in-northern-iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkey-neutralizes-senior-female-ypg-pkk-terrorist-150730<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/cellmate-teacher-abducted-by-turkeys-mit-from-malaysia-subjected-to-torture-in-ankara\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligences-captures-feto-suspect-in-malaysia-146188<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-mongolia-kidnapping-turkey-idUSKBN1KI03N<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/pakistan\/pakistan-admits-they-secretly-deported-turkish-family-wanted-by-erdogan-govt-4895423\/lite\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turkish_involvement_in_the_Syrian_civil_war<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/securityaffairs.co\/wordpress\/41169\/breaking-news\/finfisher-spyware-new-customers.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[58]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reporter-ohne-grenzen.de\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/freiheitsrechte.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[60]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[61]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecchr.eu\/en\/about-us\/?L=2<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[62]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 4-5<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[63]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 6-7, page 12<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[64]<\/a> https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847361\/UK-NCP-initial-complaint-privacy-international-and-others-against-gamma-international-uk-ltd.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847362\/UK-NCP-Final-statement-complaint-Privacy-International-Gamma-International-UK-Ltd.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847364\/uk-ncp-follow-up-statement-privacy-international-gamma-international.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[65]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/privacy-international-complaint-to-uk-ncp-about-gamma-international-uk-ltd<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[66]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/finfisher-malicious-spyware-disguised-mozilla-firefox-discovered-36-countries-1233177<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[67]<\/a> https:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/home\/security-news\/finfisher-command-and-control-hubs-turn-up-in-11-new-countries\/<\/a> ; 2013.04.01 SC Magazine on FinFisher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[68]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/german-prosecutors-investigate-spyware-maker-finfisher\/a-50293812<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[69]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/2020\/unsere-strafanzeige-razzia-bei-staatstrojaner-firma-finfisher-in-muenchen\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[70]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/intelligence_privacy\/avira-lantivirus-comprato-dai-servizi-segreti-del-golfo-persico\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/blogs.mediapart.fr\/paolo-fusi\/blog\/260920\/le-hacker-militaire-qui-achete-avira<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[71]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/research\/2020\/09\/german-made-finspy-spyware-found-in-egypt-and-mac-and-linux-versions-revealed\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[76]<\/a> https:\/\/citizenlab.ca\/2015\/10\/mapping-finfishers-continuing-proliferation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[77]<\/a> https:\/\/bigbrotherawards.de\/en\/2012\/technology-gamma-international<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[78]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/pdf\/gammagrouploutheannelsonwapenhandelaarspursang.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/slideum.com\/doc\/9973831\/gehele-observant-%2369--januari-2017-politie-mercenaries<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[81]<\/a> U.S. Department of Commerce, Industry and Trade Administration, \u201cCommercial News USA<\/em>\u201d, U.S. Foreign Commercial Service, Washington DC, 1979, page 38<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[82]<\/a> https:\/\/www.referenceforbusiness.com\/history2\/1\/CompuDyne-Corporation.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[85]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/02088610<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[86]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[94]<\/a> Elaman AG Malans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[95]<\/a> Holger G\u00fcnther Rumscheidt Kirchberg in Tirol<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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Who is behind the Chinese Boxen?<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In 2015, the Citizen Lab Institute in Toronto had identified 35 countries that illegally used the applications of the Gamma \/ FinFisher group<\/sub><\/strong>[76]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The investigation by the Munich prosecutor's office leaves a slightly bitter taste in the mouth: how is it possible that a complaint from four NGOs was necessary for investigation? It makes sense that the suspicion of hypocrisy arises, especially considering that the German Secret Service (BND) awarded Stephan Oelkers of Gamma International the Big Brother Awards in 2012, because Gamma was \"the world's best computer systems intrusion company. and installation of surveillance software<\/em> (...) Gamma offers its services on its website \u2013 although the development and distribution of this type of spyware is prohibited by German criminal law (Par. 282c StGB). However, this only applies to private customers, not sales to domestic authorities or the secret police of a foreign dictatorship. This is the reason why the Munich public prosecutor's office refused to initiate criminal proceedings against Gamma<\/em>\u201d[77]<\/a>. In short: everyone knew it all, but eight years ago the Munich prosecutor thought it was a trifle as long as this monstrous technology was being used by dictatorships to oppress their own people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To be precise, we know a lot about the illegal activities of this group since 1973 (when computers were toys and espionage involved infiltrating shady men into secret rooms using a document microfilming device. banned) of people scattered in the English countryside, in the port of Hamburg, in the Bavarian capital or in the slums of Cape Town. The story begins with a cable that the US Embassy in Bonn sent to federal authorities \u2013 a message reporting the suspicious activities of Hamburg-based Dutch electronics retailer Peter Kluever[78]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CIA decides to invest in this man, as does the German army. In 1981, his two companies PK Electronics and PKI Electronic Intelligence GmbH already had contracts with the US government. In 1983, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Abdullah Ibn Nasir IBn Abd al-Asis Al Sa'ud, visited Hamburg and the German generals showed him the effects of the use of Kluever technology on the efficiency and cadence of Leopard tanks fired \u2013 which the government of Moved Riyadh to acquire this technology[79]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1987, Oelkers flew to Beijing for a demonstration of its new chips and delighted the Chinese generals who have become part of its clientele[80]<\/a>. As part of the agreements signed with the United States, from 1985, Kluever sold very modern American spy technology (developed by the Ocean Applied Research Corporation in San Diego[81]<\/a> and distributed by the CompuDyne Corporation group in Pennsylvania[82]<\/a>) Muhammar Ghaddafi in Libya, Hafiz Al-Assad in Syria, Haji Mohammad Suharto in Indonesia \u2013 the three presidents use it to intercept phone calls and radio broadcasts from opponents, foreign armies and rebel groups[83]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As he grew older, Kluever sold his company (the PK Electronics Group in Hamburg) to two engineers, the German Stephan Oelkers and the Englishman William Louthean Nelson. The latter had started running the Beijing office in 1985 and had established his own company, Personal Protection Products Ltd. Hong Kong[84]<\/a> in 1992, which until 1994, through its subsidiary in Hull[85]<\/a>, sold listening devices used by the British secret services to fight the IRA in Ulster[86]<\/a>. When Kluever retires, PK Electronics will be passed on to William Nelson and his Louthean son John Alexander Nelson, the founders of the Gamma International Group[87]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The chart of the investments of the Gamma International Group as well as of associated persons and companies \u2013 \u00a9 IBI World Ltd. London<\/sub><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A new era is beginning in which the old wiretapping will soon be overcome and forgotten. The young Louthean begins to work with Niels J\u00f8rgen Tobiasen and his two companies: The CBRN Team Ltd. London[88]<\/a> and The Phoenix Hazard Training Ltd. Darlington[89]<\/a>. It is an industrial operation that arose out of a contract to supply chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapons to Uganda[90]<\/a> which was negotiated with a member of the government, Ananias Tumukunde, who had accepted a bribe of \u00a3 40,000[91]<\/a>. An operation that ended with the arrest of Tumukunde in Kampala and Tobiasen in London in July 2007[92]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During these years, Louthean Nelson also tried to facilitate a collaboration with the hacking team of David Vincenzetti: with one of the best hackers of the Milan group, Alberto Pelliccione, Nelson tried after a while to find a system. to hack Nokia devices \u2013 but Pelliccione changes his mind when he finds out Nelson has started delivering weapons to countries affected by international sanctions through a company that has now been liquidated, Cyan Engineering Services SAL Beirut[93]<\/a>. Something that Pelliccione wants nothing to do with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps even more surprising is the next business: Nelson founds Elaman and relocates some activities to Switzerland[94]<\/a> because he is once again doing business with his father's former partner, Stephan Oelkers. Oelkers convinced Nelson to move his operations center from Hamburg to Munich and to accept a new partner, Holger G\u00fcnther Rumscheidt. This should work with the Austrian secret service[95]<\/a> and attempt to take the Bad Aibling station back from the NSA (American Military Intelligence)[96]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is an imposing and extremely symbolic temptation: the Bad Aibling interception station was born in 1936 as a military airport and radar center of the Luftwaffe, and at the end of the war, the American army converted it into a camp transit for released prisoners of war and victims of National Socialist concentration camps. A very famous concentration camp that the writers G\u00fcnter Grass and Joseph Ratzinger (the future Pope Benedict XVI) passed through[97]<\/a>. From 1952 until the closure, requested by the European Union in 2001 and carried out in 2004 (officially, since the facility was still in operation in 2013[98]<\/a>), the NSA of Bad Aibling assembled its Echelon systems[99]<\/a> to intercept telephone communications of the entire planet[100]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The takeover of the NSA station would have been the dedication of Nelson and his employees to a company of global significance and almost unlimited power. Negotiations were not over when FinFisher started selling its FinSpy to Turkey and the world began to see the danger. After the research in Munich, Switzerland and Romania, Nelson began to liquidate all the companies as quickly as possible: some of them (Computplus Ltd., G2 Systems Ltd., Gamma 2000 Ltd., Gamma 2000 Waste Management Ltd., Gamma International (UK) Ltd.) were liquidated in early February 2021 at the time of writing[101]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is no turning back<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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April 14, 2007: Over a million peaceful citizens protest against the abolition of freedom and against a regime that has turned their homeland into a hell of oppression, violence and misery. An exciting scene of humanity that could hardly be repeated<\/sub><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, that does not change the substance of things. Today, February 2021, the government and its intelligence agencies in at least 40 countries around the world, the vast majority of which are ruled by dictatorships, have in their hands software that not only goes beyond doomsday scenarios. described by George Orwell, but also from \"Brazil\" by Terry Gilliam: Now, a regime no longer needs to discover that someone is preparing a plot to isolate, torture, condemn and exterminate them. The state can create evidence with the click of a computer, using software that in a thousandth of a second will doom each one of us and implicate each of our loved ones in our destruction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a society where the alienation of the individual from the common context has already reached worrying proportions, the software developed and sold by a small handful of criminals totally unknown to the public has enabled humanity to embark on a path of no return: one where there is nothing more true and verifiable in which each of us must doubt who is around us, and even (and even more) ourselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The weakness and superficiality with which Western governments (especially the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom) have allowed this software to be distributed across the planet for purely selfish calculations is unforgivable and the sign that 75 years after the end of WWII, 30 years after the end of the cold war, and the fear of nuclear conflict when nature rebels against the foolish way we are destroying it, people have crossed the line ultimate \u2013 those in which the enemy who kills does not come from outside, but from within \u2013 and is inexorable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/65-in-yuzbinleri-6335051<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/6554851.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/laik-turkiye-icin-caglayan-a-6426626<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/3-miting-3-mesaj-6462629<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/izmir-rekor-bekliyor-6495436<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/turkey-used-german-spy-software-on-opposition-politicians-and-activists\/a-43787769<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/atalayar.com\/en\/content\/turkish-spy-networks-control-opponents<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-39416954<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.birgun.net\/haber\/iddia-pelikancilar-hakan-fidan-gitsin-diyor-283382<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trthaber.com\/haber\/gundem\/iletisim-baskanligi-berat-albayrakin-gorevden-af-talebi-kabul-edilmistir-529559.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/europe\/russia-accuses-president-erdogan-s-son-law-being-linked-isis-oil-trade-a6761436.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2016\/09\/turkey-redhackers-daunt-the-erdogan-family.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/thepressproject.gr\/exclusive-wikileaks-documents-relations-erdogan-isis-oil-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.duvarenglish.com\/sport\/2020\/02\/10\/politics-in-stadiums-fenerbahce-fans-urge-minister-albayrak-to-keep-hands-off-football<\/a> ; https:\/\/odatv4.com\/fenerbahceliler-damata-karsi-ayaga-kalkti-02022031.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> Intelligence Online, \u201cHakan Fidan close to ministerial promotion<\/em>\u201d, see in 2020.11.18 Hakan Fidan Minister<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkey-launches-project-to-train-1-million-software-developers-154081<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> 2017.04.13 T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mill%C3%AE_%C4%B0stihbarat_Te%C5%9Fkil%C3%A2t%C4%B1#Leitung<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> Hakan Fidan on Nexis, pages 57-60<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/t24.com.tr\/haber\/adanada-3-tir-durduruldu-arama-yapiliyor,248707<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> 1000 colpi di mortaio, 1000 colpi di artiglieria, 50\u2019000 fucili d'assalto e 30\u2019000 munizioni per mitragliatrice \u2013 see in https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529223636\/http:\/\/www.aktifhaber.com\/devlet-sirri-denilen-mit-tirlari-ile-ilgili-tapeler-1053377h.htm#<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.haber7.com\/guncel\/haber\/1121773-mit-tirlari-neden-durduruldu<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com.tr\/haber\/mit-tirlari-boyle-durduruldu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/bianet.org\/bianet\/insan-haklari\/155519-tir-lari-durdurmakla-suclanan-13-askere-muebbet-istendi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.milliyet.com.tr\/gundem\/mit-tirlari-olayinda-yeni-gelisme-5-savci-gorevden-uzaklastirildi-1999064<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/erdogandan-canli-yayinda-can-dundara-tehdit-288885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/www.faz.net\/aktuell\/politik\/ausland\/europa\/tuerkei\/tuerkei-kampf-gegen-die-soldaten-des-lichts-12715816.html?printPagedArticle=true#pageIndex_3<\/a> ; https:\/\/taz.de\/Wie-Guelen-zum-Staatsfeind-Nr-1-wurde\/!5323191\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.sabah.com.tr\/gundem\/2021\/02\/03\/son-dakika-istihbarattaki-fetocu-generalden-bomba-itiraflar-tegmen-rutbemi-fetullah-gulen-takti<\/a> ; https:\/\/tr.sputniknews.com\/turkiye\/202001211041211454-sozcu-ilker-basbugu-cezaevine-attiran-feto-mektubunu-acikliyoruz\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.genios.de\/presse-archiv\/artikel\/FAZ\/20171111\/jagd-auf-die-guelenisten\/FR1201711115279571.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nadir.org\/nadir\/initiativ\/isku\/hintergrund\/geheimdienste\/geheim994.htm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/tuerkischer-geheimdienst-liess-erdogan-gegner-in-deutschland-ausspionieren\/12027820.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article157778863\/Erdogans-Agenten-bedrohen-Tuerken-in-Deutschland.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.derstandard.at\/story\/1397522175727\/geheimdienst-staat-tuerkei<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2020\/09\/turkey-austria-spy-nehammer-kurdish-clashes-protests-vienna.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/austria-turkey-espionage-int-idUSKBN25S4R5<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/10\/13\/world\/europe\/turkey-austria-erdogan-assassin.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/global-europe\/news\/flemish-minister-turkish-sponosred-mosque-is-nest-of-spies\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/07\/06\/influenced-by-gulenists-belgium-targets-turkish-mosques-fighting-extremism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/erdogan-critics-listed-by-turkish-embassy-in-prague-were-included-in-bogus-terrorism-probe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turk-greek-ties-strained-by-arson-row-10324<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-greece-germany-spying\/greek-police-arrest-german-on-suspicion-of-spying-idUSBRE97208820130803<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kathimerini.gr\/society\/896001\/istories-me-kataskopoys-sto-aigaio\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.larissanet.gr\/2019\/06\/21\/dikazetai-sti-rodo-kataskopos-tis-tourkias\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/ahvalnews.com\/mit\/turkish-intelligence-recruits-eu-retirees-spy-greece<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/04\/turkish-intelligence-operations-targeting-critics-in-greece-exposed-in-secret-documents\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/intelnews.org\/2016\/12\/09\/01-2023\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/more-secret-documents-confirming-vast-turkish-espionage-activities-in-greece-uncovered\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.skai.gr\/news\/greece\/dyo-syllipseis-ellinon-gia-kataskopeia-sti-rodo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-kosovo-security-turkey-idUSKBN1H70CC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/opinion\/murat-yetkin\/turkish-intelligence-unveils-secret-codes-used-before-coup-attempt-103843<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2018\/09\/turkish-teachers-detained-moldova-gulen.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/balkaninsight.com\/2018\/09\/06\/six-turkish-professors-detained-by-moldovan-secret-services-09-06-2018\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/turkeypurge.com\/turkey-spying-imams-active-also-in-norway<\/a> ; https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/turkeys-autocratic-president-erdogans-spying-profiling-expands-in-norway\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/kafila.org\/www-matthewaid-com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/report-sweden-launches-espionage-probe-into-turkish-govt-representatives\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/politics\/undiplomatic_swiss-eye-alleged-turkish-kidnapping-attempt\/43973170<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/swiss-foreign-minister-warns-turkey-against-illegal-spying-111199<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/eu-affairs\/2017\/05\/01\/as-anti-turkish-politics-grip-europe-turkish-swiss-policeman-arrested<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-brings-key-feto-suspect-from-ukraine-to-turkey-134608<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.meforum.org\/60976\/turkish-spy-agency-mit-intelligence-gathering-australia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-egypt-court\/egypt-detains-29-people-on-suspicion-of-espionage-for-turkey-idUSKBN1DM1AN<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.egypttoday.com\/Article\/1\/33764\/In-Pictures-Egypt-foils-Turkish-espionage-attempt<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-agency-brings-three-feto-members-from-gabon-to-turkey-130050<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/turkey\/turkish-intelligence-agency-rescues-a-kidnapped-italian-citizen-in-kenya-36192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20190807-libyan-national-army-turkish-intelligence-is-operating-in-tripoli\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/11\/27\/senior-feto-figure-captured-by-turkish-intelligence-in-sudan\/amp<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/07\/turkish-diplomats-have-extensively-spied-on-critics-in-the-united-states\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/1101683.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intel-returns-wanted-feto-from-azerbaijan-140108<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/06\/turkish-diplomats-spy-on-erdogan-critics-in-georgia-secret-document-reveals\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2019\/04\/22\/4-pkk-terrorists-brought-to-turkey-from-iraq-in-operation-by-turkish-intelligence<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/news\/pkk-confirms-capture-two-turkish-spies-iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.presstv.com\/Detail\/2017\/08\/29\/533306\/PKK-Turkish-officers-spying-Iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.sabah.com.tr\/gundem\/2019\/07\/07\/son-dakika-teror-orgutu-pkkkcknin-sozde-baskanlik-konseyi-uyesi-diyar-garip-muhammed-etkisiz-hale-getirildi<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thedefensepost.com\/2018\/08\/15\/turkey-airstrike-pkk-sinjar-iraq\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/menafn.com\/1098975780\/Turkish-warplanes-neutralize-4-PKK-terrorists-In-Iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2019\/09\/16\/3-pkk-terrorists-neutralized-by-turkish-jets-in-northern-iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkey-neutralizes-senior-female-ypg-pkk-terrorist-150730<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/cellmate-teacher-abducted-by-turkeys-mit-from-malaysia-subjected-to-torture-in-ankara\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligences-captures-feto-suspect-in-malaysia-146188<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-mongolia-kidnapping-turkey-idUSKBN1KI03N<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/pakistan\/pakistan-admits-they-secretly-deported-turkish-family-wanted-by-erdogan-govt-4895423\/lite\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turkish_involvement_in_the_Syrian_civil_war<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/securityaffairs.co\/wordpress\/41169\/breaking-news\/finfisher-spyware-new-customers.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.business-humanrights.org\/en\/latest-news\/german-prosecutor-to-investigate-finfisher-for-allegedly-selling-spyware-used-against-journalists-and-activists-in-turkey-without-license\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.ecchr.eu\/en\/press-release\/german-prosecutor-opens-criminal-investiation-into-finfisher-for-selling-spyware-to-turkey-without-license\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reporter-ohne-grenzen.de\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/freiheitsrechte.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[60]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[61]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecchr.eu\/en\/about-us\/?L=2<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[62]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 4-5<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[63]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 6-7, page 12<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[64]<\/a> https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847361\/UK-NCP-initial-complaint-privacy-international-and-others-against-gamma-international-uk-ltd.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847362\/UK-NCP-Final-statement-complaint-Privacy-International-Gamma-International-UK-Ltd.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847364\/uk-ncp-follow-up-statement-privacy-international-gamma-international.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[65]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/privacy-international-complaint-to-uk-ncp-about-gamma-international-uk-ltd<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[66]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/finfisher-malicious-spyware-disguised-mozilla-firefox-discovered-36-countries-1233177<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[67]<\/a> https:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/home\/security-news\/finfisher-command-and-control-hubs-turn-up-in-11-new-countries\/<\/a> ; 2013.04.01 SC Magazine on FinFisher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[68]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/german-prosecutors-investigate-spyware-maker-finfisher\/a-50293812<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[69]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/2020\/unsere-strafanzeige-razzia-bei-staatstrojaner-firma-finfisher-in-muenchen\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[70]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/intelligence_privacy\/avira-lantivirus-comprato-dai-servizi-segreti-del-golfo-persico\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/blogs.mediapart.fr\/paolo-fusi\/blog\/260920\/le-hacker-militaire-qui-achete-avira<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[71]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/research\/2020\/09\/german-made-finspy-spyware-found-in-egypt-and-mac-and-linux-versions-revealed\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[72]<\/a> https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/BL-DGB-23568<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/technology\/apple\/8912714\/Apple-iTunes-flaw-allowed-government-spying-for-3-years.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/krebsonsecurity.com\/2011\/11\/apple-took-3-years-to-fix-finfisher-trojan-hole\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2012-07-25\/cyber-attacks-on-activists-traced-to-finfisher-spyware-of-gamma<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[75]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/tecnologia\/2015\/07\/12\/news\/segreti-concorrenza-e-fobie-tutti-i-punti-deboli-di-hacking-team-1.35241096<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[76]<\/a> https:\/\/citizenlab.ca\/2015\/10\/mapping-finfishers-continuing-proliferation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[77]<\/a> https:\/\/bigbrotherawards.de\/en\/2012\/technology-gamma-international<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[78]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/pdf\/gammagrouploutheannelsonwapenhandelaarspursang.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/slideum.com\/doc\/9973831\/gehele-observant-%2369--januari-2017-politie-mercenaries<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[79]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[81]<\/a> U.S. Department of Commerce, Industry and Trade Administration, \u201cCommercial News USA<\/em>\u201d, U.S. Foreign Commercial Service, Washington DC, 1979, page 38<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[82]<\/a> https:\/\/www.referenceforbusiness.com\/history2\/1\/CompuDyne-Corporation.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[83]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[84]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/hk\/0475615<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[85]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/02088610<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[86]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[87]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/01958854<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[88]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/05318642<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[89]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/06591222<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[90]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[91]<\/a> https:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/200809010266.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[92]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nti.org\/gsn\/article\/danish-man-charged-with-wmd-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[93]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[94]<\/a> Elaman AG Malans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[95]<\/a> Holger G\u00fcnther Rumscheidt Kirchberg in Tirol<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[96]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[97]<\/a> https:\/\/www.webcitation.org\/5k8f6XouC?url=http:\/\/www.zianet.com\/jpage\/Bad%20Aibling%20Station%20-%20A%20Legacy%20of%20Excellence.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/military.wikia.org\/wiki\/Bad_Aibling_Station<\/a> ; Gottfried Mayr, \u201cDas Kriegsgefangenenlager PWE No. 26: Bad Aibling 1945-1946 : Massenschicksal \u2013 Einzelschicksale\u201c, Bad Aibling: Hist. Verein Bad Aibling und Umgebung, Bald Aibling 2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[98]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[99]<\/a> James Bamford, \u201cBody of secrets: Anatomy of the ultra-secret NSA<\/em>\u201d, Anchor Books, New York, 2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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It is almost impossible to defend against FinSpy: the malware installs with fake updates disguised as official, via emails with fake attachments or through security holes in software \u2013 like Avira[70]<\/a> or iTunes from Apple \u2013 and then through the bogus platforms of the major search engines, Mac and Linux installations[71]<\/a>, email programs, social networks, websites for online shopping[72]<\/a>. Where Gamma International's malware fails, that of David Vincenzetti's[73]<\/a> hacking team[74]<\/a> is there. But this company is no longer there, Gamma has surpassed it, its founders are spread over many small companies[75]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who is behind the Chinese Boxen?<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In 2015, the Citizen Lab Institute in Toronto had identified 35 countries that illegally used the applications of the Gamma \/ FinFisher group<\/sub><\/strong>[76]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The investigation by the Munich prosecutor's office leaves a slightly bitter taste in the mouth: how is it possible that a complaint from four NGOs was necessary for investigation? It makes sense that the suspicion of hypocrisy arises, especially considering that the German Secret Service (BND) awarded Stephan Oelkers of Gamma International the Big Brother Awards in 2012, because Gamma was \"the world's best computer systems intrusion company. and installation of surveillance software<\/em> (...) Gamma offers its services on its website \u2013 although the development and distribution of this type of spyware is prohibited by German criminal law (Par. 282c StGB). However, this only applies to private customers, not sales to domestic authorities or the secret police of a foreign dictatorship. This is the reason why the Munich public prosecutor's office refused to initiate criminal proceedings against Gamma<\/em>\u201d[77]<\/a>. In short: everyone knew it all, but eight years ago the Munich prosecutor thought it was a trifle as long as this monstrous technology was being used by dictatorships to oppress their own people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To be precise, we know a lot about the illegal activities of this group since 1973 (when computers were toys and espionage involved infiltrating shady men into secret rooms using a document microfilming device. banned) of people scattered in the English countryside, in the port of Hamburg, in the Bavarian capital or in the slums of Cape Town. The story begins with a cable that the US Embassy in Bonn sent to federal authorities \u2013 a message reporting the suspicious activities of Hamburg-based Dutch electronics retailer Peter Kluever[78]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CIA decides to invest in this man, as does the German army. In 1981, his two companies PK Electronics and PKI Electronic Intelligence GmbH already had contracts with the US government. In 1983, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Abdullah Ibn Nasir IBn Abd al-Asis Al Sa'ud, visited Hamburg and the German generals showed him the effects of the use of Kluever technology on the efficiency and cadence of Leopard tanks fired \u2013 which the government of Moved Riyadh to acquire this technology[79]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1987, Oelkers flew to Beijing for a demonstration of its new chips and delighted the Chinese generals who have become part of its clientele[80]<\/a>. As part of the agreements signed with the United States, from 1985, Kluever sold very modern American spy technology (developed by the Ocean Applied Research Corporation in San Diego[81]<\/a> and distributed by the CompuDyne Corporation group in Pennsylvania[82]<\/a>) Muhammar Ghaddafi in Libya, Hafiz Al-Assad in Syria, Haji Mohammad Suharto in Indonesia \u2013 the three presidents use it to intercept phone calls and radio broadcasts from opponents, foreign armies and rebel groups[83]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As he grew older, Kluever sold his company (the PK Electronics Group in Hamburg) to two engineers, the German Stephan Oelkers and the Englishman William Louthean Nelson. The latter had started running the Beijing office in 1985 and had established his own company, Personal Protection Products Ltd. Hong Kong[84]<\/a> in 1992, which until 1994, through its subsidiary in Hull[85]<\/a>, sold listening devices used by the British secret services to fight the IRA in Ulster[86]<\/a>. When Kluever retires, PK Electronics will be passed on to William Nelson and his Louthean son John Alexander Nelson, the founders of the Gamma International Group[87]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The chart of the investments of the Gamma International Group as well as of associated persons and companies \u2013 \u00a9 IBI World Ltd. London<\/sub><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A new era is beginning in which the old wiretapping will soon be overcome and forgotten. The young Louthean begins to work with Niels J\u00f8rgen Tobiasen and his two companies: The CBRN Team Ltd. London[88]<\/a> and The Phoenix Hazard Training Ltd. Darlington[89]<\/a>. It is an industrial operation that arose out of a contract to supply chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapons to Uganda[90]<\/a> which was negotiated with a member of the government, Ananias Tumukunde, who had accepted a bribe of \u00a3 40,000[91]<\/a>. An operation that ended with the arrest of Tumukunde in Kampala and Tobiasen in London in July 2007[92]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During these years, Louthean Nelson also tried to facilitate a collaboration with the hacking team of David Vincenzetti: with one of the best hackers of the Milan group, Alberto Pelliccione, Nelson tried after a while to find a system. to hack Nokia devices \u2013 but Pelliccione changes his mind when he finds out Nelson has started delivering weapons to countries affected by international sanctions through a company that has now been liquidated, Cyan Engineering Services SAL Beirut[93]<\/a>. Something that Pelliccione wants nothing to do with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps even more surprising is the next business: Nelson founds Elaman and relocates some activities to Switzerland[94]<\/a> because he is once again doing business with his father's former partner, Stephan Oelkers. Oelkers convinced Nelson to move his operations center from Hamburg to Munich and to accept a new partner, Holger G\u00fcnther Rumscheidt. This should work with the Austrian secret service[95]<\/a> and attempt to take the Bad Aibling station back from the NSA (American Military Intelligence)[96]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is an imposing and extremely symbolic temptation: the Bad Aibling interception station was born in 1936 as a military airport and radar center of the Luftwaffe, and at the end of the war, the American army converted it into a camp transit for released prisoners of war and victims of National Socialist concentration camps. A very famous concentration camp that the writers G\u00fcnter Grass and Joseph Ratzinger (the future Pope Benedict XVI) passed through[97]<\/a>. From 1952 until the closure, requested by the European Union in 2001 and carried out in 2004 (officially, since the facility was still in operation in 2013[98]<\/a>), the NSA of Bad Aibling assembled its Echelon systems[99]<\/a> to intercept telephone communications of the entire planet[100]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The takeover of the NSA station would have been the dedication of Nelson and his employees to a company of global significance and almost unlimited power. Negotiations were not over when FinFisher started selling its FinSpy to Turkey and the world began to see the danger. After the research in Munich, Switzerland and Romania, Nelson began to liquidate all the companies as quickly as possible: some of them (Computplus Ltd., G2 Systems Ltd., Gamma 2000 Ltd., Gamma 2000 Waste Management Ltd., Gamma International (UK) Ltd.) were liquidated in early February 2021 at the time of writing[101]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is no turning back<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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April 14, 2007: Over a million peaceful citizens protest against the abolition of freedom and against a regime that has turned their homeland into a hell of oppression, violence and misery. An exciting scene of humanity that could hardly be repeated<\/sub><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, that does not change the substance of things. Today, February 2021, the government and its intelligence agencies in at least 40 countries around the world, the vast majority of which are ruled by dictatorships, have in their hands software that not only goes beyond doomsday scenarios. described by George Orwell, but also from \"Brazil\" by Terry Gilliam: Now, a regime no longer needs to discover that someone is preparing a plot to isolate, torture, condemn and exterminate them. The state can create evidence with the click of a computer, using software that in a thousandth of a second will doom each one of us and implicate each of our loved ones in our destruction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a society where the alienation of the individual from the common context has already reached worrying proportions, the software developed and sold by a small handful of criminals totally unknown to the public has enabled humanity to embark on a path of no return: one where there is nothing more true and verifiable in which each of us must doubt who is around us, and even (and even more) ourselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The weakness and superficiality with which Western governments (especially the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom) have allowed this software to be distributed across the planet for purely selfish calculations is unforgivable and the sign that 75 years after the end of WWII, 30 years after the end of the cold war, and the fear of nuclear conflict when nature rebels against the foolish way we are destroying it, people have crossed the line ultimate \u2013 those in which the enemy who kills does not come from outside, but from within \u2013 and is inexorable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/65-in-yuzbinleri-6335051<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/6554851.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/laik-turkiye-icin-caglayan-a-6426626<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/3-miting-3-mesaj-6462629<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/izmir-rekor-bekliyor-6495436<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/turkey-used-german-spy-software-on-opposition-politicians-and-activists\/a-43787769<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/atalayar.com\/en\/content\/turkish-spy-networks-control-opponents<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-39416954<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.birgun.net\/haber\/iddia-pelikancilar-hakan-fidan-gitsin-diyor-283382<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trthaber.com\/haber\/gundem\/iletisim-baskanligi-berat-albayrakin-gorevden-af-talebi-kabul-edilmistir-529559.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/europe\/russia-accuses-president-erdogan-s-son-law-being-linked-isis-oil-trade-a6761436.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2016\/09\/turkey-redhackers-daunt-the-erdogan-family.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/thepressproject.gr\/exclusive-wikileaks-documents-relations-erdogan-isis-oil-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.duvarenglish.com\/sport\/2020\/02\/10\/politics-in-stadiums-fenerbahce-fans-urge-minister-albayrak-to-keep-hands-off-football<\/a> ; https:\/\/odatv4.com\/fenerbahceliler-damata-karsi-ayaga-kalkti-02022031.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> Intelligence Online, \u201cHakan Fidan close to ministerial promotion<\/em>\u201d, see in 2020.11.18 Hakan Fidan Minister<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkey-launches-project-to-train-1-million-software-developers-154081<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> 2017.04.13 T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mill%C3%AE_%C4%B0stihbarat_Te%C5%9Fkil%C3%A2t%C4%B1#Leitung<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> Hakan Fidan on Nexis, pages 57-60<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/t24.com.tr\/haber\/adanada-3-tir-durduruldu-arama-yapiliyor,248707<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> 1000 colpi di mortaio, 1000 colpi di artiglieria, 50\u2019000 fucili d'assalto e 30\u2019000 munizioni per mitragliatrice \u2013 see in https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529223636\/http:\/\/www.aktifhaber.com\/devlet-sirri-denilen-mit-tirlari-ile-ilgili-tapeler-1053377h.htm#<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.haber7.com\/guncel\/haber\/1121773-mit-tirlari-neden-durduruldu<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com.tr\/haber\/mit-tirlari-boyle-durduruldu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/bianet.org\/bianet\/insan-haklari\/155519-tir-lari-durdurmakla-suclanan-13-askere-muebbet-istendi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.milliyet.com.tr\/gundem\/mit-tirlari-olayinda-yeni-gelisme-5-savci-gorevden-uzaklastirildi-1999064<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/erdogandan-canli-yayinda-can-dundara-tehdit-288885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/www.faz.net\/aktuell\/politik\/ausland\/europa\/tuerkei\/tuerkei-kampf-gegen-die-soldaten-des-lichts-12715816.html?printPagedArticle=true#pageIndex_3<\/a> ; https:\/\/taz.de\/Wie-Guelen-zum-Staatsfeind-Nr-1-wurde\/!5323191\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.sabah.com.tr\/gundem\/2021\/02\/03\/son-dakika-istihbarattaki-fetocu-generalden-bomba-itiraflar-tegmen-rutbemi-fetullah-gulen-takti<\/a> ; https:\/\/tr.sputniknews.com\/turkiye\/202001211041211454-sozcu-ilker-basbugu-cezaevine-attiran-feto-mektubunu-acikliyoruz\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.genios.de\/presse-archiv\/artikel\/FAZ\/20171111\/jagd-auf-die-guelenisten\/FR1201711115279571.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nadir.org\/nadir\/initiativ\/isku\/hintergrund\/geheimdienste\/geheim994.htm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/tuerkischer-geheimdienst-liess-erdogan-gegner-in-deutschland-ausspionieren\/12027820.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article157778863\/Erdogans-Agenten-bedrohen-Tuerken-in-Deutschland.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.derstandard.at\/story\/1397522175727\/geheimdienst-staat-tuerkei<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2020\/09\/turkey-austria-spy-nehammer-kurdish-clashes-protests-vienna.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/austria-turkey-espionage-int-idUSKBN25S4R5<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/10\/13\/world\/europe\/turkey-austria-erdogan-assassin.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/global-europe\/news\/flemish-minister-turkish-sponosred-mosque-is-nest-of-spies\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/07\/06\/influenced-by-gulenists-belgium-targets-turkish-mosques-fighting-extremism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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The British investigation was limited to the analysis of the sale of FinSpy to Bahrain, while the German investigation, accompanied by a large number of testimonies from victims of the terror of the Erdo\u011fan regime in Turkey and the abroad, goes much further and finds that FinSpy has been sold illegally in 36 countries[66]<\/a>, there are huge data centers in 11 countries[67]<\/a>, so it is now suspected that there are many more crimes hidden behind known facts[68]<\/a>. This is why the Munich prosecutor's office ordered a search of the premises of the Bavarian capital, but also of the Romanian branch of the Gamma International group, in October 2020[69]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is almost impossible to defend against FinSpy: the malware installs with fake updates disguised as official, via emails with fake attachments or through security holes in software \u2013 like Avira[70]<\/a> or iTunes from Apple \u2013 and then through the bogus platforms of the major search engines, Mac and Linux installations[71]<\/a>, email programs, social networks, websites for online shopping[72]<\/a>. Where Gamma International's malware fails, that of David Vincenzetti's[73]<\/a> hacking team[74]<\/a> is there. But this company is no longer there, Gamma has surpassed it, its founders are spread over many small companies[75]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who is behind the Chinese Boxen?<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In 2015, the Citizen Lab Institute in Toronto had identified 35 countries that illegally used the applications of the Gamma \/ FinFisher group<\/sub><\/strong>[76]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The investigation by the Munich prosecutor's office leaves a slightly bitter taste in the mouth: how is it possible that a complaint from four NGOs was necessary for investigation? It makes sense that the suspicion of hypocrisy arises, especially considering that the German Secret Service (BND) awarded Stephan Oelkers of Gamma International the Big Brother Awards in 2012, because Gamma was \"the world's best computer systems intrusion company. and installation of surveillance software<\/em> (...) Gamma offers its services on its website \u2013 although the development and distribution of this type of spyware is prohibited by German criminal law (Par. 282c StGB). However, this only applies to private customers, not sales to domestic authorities or the secret police of a foreign dictatorship. This is the reason why the Munich public prosecutor's office refused to initiate criminal proceedings against Gamma<\/em>\u201d[77]<\/a>. In short: everyone knew it all, but eight years ago the Munich prosecutor thought it was a trifle as long as this monstrous technology was being used by dictatorships to oppress their own people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To be precise, we know a lot about the illegal activities of this group since 1973 (when computers were toys and espionage involved infiltrating shady men into secret rooms using a document microfilming device. banned) of people scattered in the English countryside, in the port of Hamburg, in the Bavarian capital or in the slums of Cape Town. The story begins with a cable that the US Embassy in Bonn sent to federal authorities \u2013 a message reporting the suspicious activities of Hamburg-based Dutch electronics retailer Peter Kluever[78]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CIA decides to invest in this man, as does the German army. In 1981, his two companies PK Electronics and PKI Electronic Intelligence GmbH already had contracts with the US government. In 1983, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Abdullah Ibn Nasir IBn Abd al-Asis Al Sa'ud, visited Hamburg and the German generals showed him the effects of the use of Kluever technology on the efficiency and cadence of Leopard tanks fired \u2013 which the government of Moved Riyadh to acquire this technology[79]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1987, Oelkers flew to Beijing for a demonstration of its new chips and delighted the Chinese generals who have become part of its clientele[80]<\/a>. As part of the agreements signed with the United States, from 1985, Kluever sold very modern American spy technology (developed by the Ocean Applied Research Corporation in San Diego[81]<\/a> and distributed by the CompuDyne Corporation group in Pennsylvania[82]<\/a>) Muhammar Ghaddafi in Libya, Hafiz Al-Assad in Syria, Haji Mohammad Suharto in Indonesia \u2013 the three presidents use it to intercept phone calls and radio broadcasts from opponents, foreign armies and rebel groups[83]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As he grew older, Kluever sold his company (the PK Electronics Group in Hamburg) to two engineers, the German Stephan Oelkers and the Englishman William Louthean Nelson. The latter had started running the Beijing office in 1985 and had established his own company, Personal Protection Products Ltd. Hong Kong[84]<\/a> in 1992, which until 1994, through its subsidiary in Hull[85]<\/a>, sold listening devices used by the British secret services to fight the IRA in Ulster[86]<\/a>. When Kluever retires, PK Electronics will be passed on to William Nelson and his Louthean son John Alexander Nelson, the founders of the Gamma International Group[87]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The chart of the investments of the Gamma International Group as well as of associated persons and companies \u2013 \u00a9 IBI World Ltd. London<\/sub><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A new era is beginning in which the old wiretapping will soon be overcome and forgotten. The young Louthean begins to work with Niels J\u00f8rgen Tobiasen and his two companies: The CBRN Team Ltd. London[88]<\/a> and The Phoenix Hazard Training Ltd. Darlington[89]<\/a>. It is an industrial operation that arose out of a contract to supply chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapons to Uganda[90]<\/a> which was negotiated with a member of the government, Ananias Tumukunde, who had accepted a bribe of \u00a3 40,000[91]<\/a>. An operation that ended with the arrest of Tumukunde in Kampala and Tobiasen in London in July 2007[92]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During these years, Louthean Nelson also tried to facilitate a collaboration with the hacking team of David Vincenzetti: with one of the best hackers of the Milan group, Alberto Pelliccione, Nelson tried after a while to find a system. to hack Nokia devices \u2013 but Pelliccione changes his mind when he finds out Nelson has started delivering weapons to countries affected by international sanctions through a company that has now been liquidated, Cyan Engineering Services SAL Beirut[93]<\/a>. Something that Pelliccione wants nothing to do with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps even more surprising is the next business: Nelson founds Elaman and relocates some activities to Switzerland[94]<\/a> because he is once again doing business with his father's former partner, Stephan Oelkers. Oelkers convinced Nelson to move his operations center from Hamburg to Munich and to accept a new partner, Holger G\u00fcnther Rumscheidt. This should work with the Austrian secret service[95]<\/a> and attempt to take the Bad Aibling station back from the NSA (American Military Intelligence)[96]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is an imposing and extremely symbolic temptation: the Bad Aibling interception station was born in 1936 as a military airport and radar center of the Luftwaffe, and at the end of the war, the American army converted it into a camp transit for released prisoners of war and victims of National Socialist concentration camps. A very famous concentration camp that the writers G\u00fcnter Grass and Joseph Ratzinger (the future Pope Benedict XVI) passed through[97]<\/a>. From 1952 until the closure, requested by the European Union in 2001 and carried out in 2004 (officially, since the facility was still in operation in 2013[98]<\/a>), the NSA of Bad Aibling assembled its Echelon systems[99]<\/a> to intercept telephone communications of the entire planet[100]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The takeover of the NSA station would have been the dedication of Nelson and his employees to a company of global significance and almost unlimited power. Negotiations were not over when FinFisher started selling its FinSpy to Turkey and the world began to see the danger. After the research in Munich, Switzerland and Romania, Nelson began to liquidate all the companies as quickly as possible: some of them (Computplus Ltd., G2 Systems Ltd., Gamma 2000 Ltd., Gamma 2000 Waste Management Ltd., Gamma International (UK) Ltd.) were liquidated in early February 2021 at the time of writing[101]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is no turning back<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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April 14, 2007: Over a million peaceful citizens protest against the abolition of freedom and against a regime that has turned their homeland into a hell of oppression, violence and misery. An exciting scene of humanity that could hardly be repeated<\/sub><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, that does not change the substance of things. Today, February 2021, the government and its intelligence agencies in at least 40 countries around the world, the vast majority of which are ruled by dictatorships, have in their hands software that not only goes beyond doomsday scenarios. described by George Orwell, but also from \"Brazil\" by Terry Gilliam: Now, a regime no longer needs to discover that someone is preparing a plot to isolate, torture, condemn and exterminate them. The state can create evidence with the click of a computer, using software that in a thousandth of a second will doom each one of us and implicate each of our loved ones in our destruction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a society where the alienation of the individual from the common context has already reached worrying proportions, the software developed and sold by a small handful of criminals totally unknown to the public has enabled humanity to embark on a path of no return: one where there is nothing more true and verifiable in which each of us must doubt who is around us, and even (and even more) ourselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The weakness and superficiality with which Western governments (especially the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom) have allowed this software to be distributed across the planet for purely selfish calculations is unforgivable and the sign that 75 years after the end of WWII, 30 years after the end of the cold war, and the fear of nuclear conflict when nature rebels against the foolish way we are destroying it, people have crossed the line ultimate \u2013 those in which the enemy who kills does not come from outside, but from within \u2013 and is inexorable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/65-in-yuzbinleri-6335051<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/6554851.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/laik-turkiye-icin-caglayan-a-6426626<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/3-miting-3-mesaj-6462629<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/izmir-rekor-bekliyor-6495436<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/turkey-used-german-spy-software-on-opposition-politicians-and-activists\/a-43787769<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/atalayar.com\/en\/content\/turkish-spy-networks-control-opponents<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-39416954<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.birgun.net\/haber\/iddia-pelikancilar-hakan-fidan-gitsin-diyor-283382<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trthaber.com\/haber\/gundem\/iletisim-baskanligi-berat-albayrakin-gorevden-af-talebi-kabul-edilmistir-529559.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/europe\/russia-accuses-president-erdogan-s-son-law-being-linked-isis-oil-trade-a6761436.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2016\/09\/turkey-redhackers-daunt-the-erdogan-family.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/thepressproject.gr\/exclusive-wikileaks-documents-relations-erdogan-isis-oil-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.duvarenglish.com\/sport\/2020\/02\/10\/politics-in-stadiums-fenerbahce-fans-urge-minister-albayrak-to-keep-hands-off-football<\/a> ; https:\/\/odatv4.com\/fenerbahceliler-damata-karsi-ayaga-kalkti-02022031.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> Intelligence Online, \u201cHakan Fidan close to ministerial promotion<\/em>\u201d, see in 2020.11.18 Hakan Fidan Minister<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkey-launches-project-to-train-1-million-software-developers-154081<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> 2017.04.13 T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mill%C3%AE_%C4%B0stihbarat_Te%C5%9Fkil%C3%A2t%C4%B1#Leitung<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> Hakan Fidan on Nexis, pages 57-60<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/t24.com.tr\/haber\/adanada-3-tir-durduruldu-arama-yapiliyor,248707<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> 1000 colpi di mortaio, 1000 colpi di artiglieria, 50\u2019000 fucili d'assalto e 30\u2019000 munizioni per mitragliatrice \u2013 see in https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529223636\/http:\/\/www.aktifhaber.com\/devlet-sirri-denilen-mit-tirlari-ile-ilgili-tapeler-1053377h.htm#<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.haber7.com\/guncel\/haber\/1121773-mit-tirlari-neden-durduruldu<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com.tr\/haber\/mit-tirlari-boyle-durduruldu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/bianet.org\/bianet\/insan-haklari\/155519-tir-lari-durdurmakla-suclanan-13-askere-muebbet-istendi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.milliyet.com.tr\/gundem\/mit-tirlari-olayinda-yeni-gelisme-5-savci-gorevden-uzaklastirildi-1999064<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/erdogandan-canli-yayinda-can-dundara-tehdit-288885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/www.faz.net\/aktuell\/politik\/ausland\/europa\/tuerkei\/tuerkei-kampf-gegen-die-soldaten-des-lichts-12715816.html?printPagedArticle=true#pageIndex_3<\/a> ; https:\/\/taz.de\/Wie-Guelen-zum-Staatsfeind-Nr-1-wurde\/!5323191\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.sabah.com.tr\/gundem\/2021\/02\/03\/son-dakika-istihbarattaki-fetocu-generalden-bomba-itiraflar-tegmen-rutbemi-fetullah-gulen-takti<\/a> ; https:\/\/tr.sputniknews.com\/turkiye\/202001211041211454-sozcu-ilker-basbugu-cezaevine-attiran-feto-mektubunu-acikliyoruz\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.genios.de\/presse-archiv\/artikel\/FAZ\/20171111\/jagd-auf-die-guelenisten\/FR1201711115279571.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nadir.org\/nadir\/initiativ\/isku\/hintergrund\/geheimdienste\/geheim994.htm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/tuerkischer-geheimdienst-liess-erdogan-gegner-in-deutschland-ausspionieren\/12027820.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article157778863\/Erdogans-Agenten-bedrohen-Tuerken-in-Deutschland.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.derstandard.at\/story\/1397522175727\/geheimdienst-staat-tuerkei<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2020\/09\/turkey-austria-spy-nehammer-kurdish-clashes-protests-vienna.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/austria-turkey-espionage-int-idUSKBN25S4R5<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/10\/13\/world\/europe\/turkey-austria-erdogan-assassin.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/global-europe\/news\/flemish-minister-turkish-sponosred-mosque-is-nest-of-spies\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/07\/06\/influenced-by-gulenists-belgium-targets-turkish-mosques-fighting-extremism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/erdogan-critics-listed-by-turkish-embassy-in-prague-were-included-in-bogus-terrorism-probe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turk-greek-ties-strained-by-arson-row-10324<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-greece-germany-spying\/greek-police-arrest-german-on-suspicion-of-spying-idUSBRE97208820130803<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kathimerini.gr\/society\/896001\/istories-me-kataskopoys-sto-aigaio\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.larissanet.gr\/2019\/06\/21\/dikazetai-sti-rodo-kataskopos-tis-tourkias\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/ahvalnews.com\/mit\/turkish-intelligence-recruits-eu-retirees-spy-greece<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/04\/turkish-intelligence-operations-targeting-critics-in-greece-exposed-in-secret-documents\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/intelnews.org\/2016\/12\/09\/01-2023\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/more-secret-documents-confirming-vast-turkish-espionage-activities-in-greece-uncovered\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.skai.gr\/news\/greece\/dyo-syllipseis-ellinon-gia-kataskopeia-sti-rodo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-kosovo-security-turkey-idUSKBN1H70CC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/opinion\/murat-yetkin\/turkish-intelligence-unveils-secret-codes-used-before-coup-attempt-103843<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2018\/09\/turkish-teachers-detained-moldova-gulen.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/balkaninsight.com\/2018\/09\/06\/six-turkish-professors-detained-by-moldovan-secret-services-09-06-2018\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/turkeypurge.com\/turkey-spying-imams-active-also-in-norway<\/a> ; https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/turkeys-autocratic-president-erdogans-spying-profiling-expands-in-norway\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/kafila.org\/www-matthewaid-com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/report-sweden-launches-espionage-probe-into-turkish-govt-representatives\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/politics\/undiplomatic_swiss-eye-alleged-turkish-kidnapping-attempt\/43973170<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/swiss-foreign-minister-warns-turkey-against-illegal-spying-111199<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/eu-affairs\/2017\/05\/01\/as-anti-turkish-politics-grip-europe-turkish-swiss-policeman-arrested<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-brings-key-feto-suspect-from-ukraine-to-turkey-134608<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.meforum.org\/60976\/turkish-spy-agency-mit-intelligence-gathering-australia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-egypt-court\/egypt-detains-29-people-on-suspicion-of-espionage-for-turkey-idUSKBN1DM1AN<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.egypttoday.com\/Article\/1\/33764\/In-Pictures-Egypt-foils-Turkish-espionage-attempt<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-agency-brings-three-feto-members-from-gabon-to-turkey-130050<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/turkey\/turkish-intelligence-agency-rescues-a-kidnapped-italian-citizen-in-kenya-36192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20190807-libyan-national-army-turkish-intelligence-is-operating-in-tripoli\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/11\/27\/senior-feto-figure-captured-by-turkish-intelligence-in-sudan\/amp<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/07\/turkish-diplomats-have-extensively-spied-on-critics-in-the-united-states\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/1101683.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intel-returns-wanted-feto-from-azerbaijan-140108<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/06\/turkish-diplomats-spy-on-erdogan-critics-in-georgia-secret-document-reveals\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[52]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/cellmate-teacher-abducted-by-turkeys-mit-from-malaysia-subjected-to-torture-in-ankara\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligences-captures-feto-suspect-in-malaysia-146188<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-mongolia-kidnapping-turkey-idUSKBN1KI03N<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[58]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reporter-ohne-grenzen.de\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[63]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 6-7, page 12<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[66]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/finfisher-malicious-spyware-disguised-mozilla-firefox-discovered-36-countries-1233177<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[67]<\/a> https:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/home\/security-news\/finfisher-command-and-control-hubs-turn-up-in-11-new-countries\/<\/a> ; 2013.04.01 SC Magazine on FinFisher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[68]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/german-prosecutors-investigate-spyware-maker-finfisher\/a-50293812<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[69]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/2020\/unsere-strafanzeige-razzia-bei-staatstrojaner-firma-finfisher-in-muenchen\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[70]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/intelligence_privacy\/avira-lantivirus-comprato-dai-servizi-segreti-del-golfo-persico\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/blogs.mediapart.fr\/paolo-fusi\/blog\/260920\/le-hacker-militaire-qui-achete-avira<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[71]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/research\/2020\/09\/german-made-finspy-spyware-found-in-egypt-and-mac-and-linux-versions-revealed\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[75]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/tecnologia\/2015\/07\/12\/news\/segreti-concorrenza-e-fobie-tutti-i-punti-deboli-di-hacking-team-1.35241096<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[76]<\/a> https:\/\/citizenlab.ca\/2015\/10\/mapping-finfishers-continuing-proliferation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[77]<\/a> https:\/\/bigbrotherawards.de\/en\/2012\/technology-gamma-international<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[78]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/pdf\/gammagrouploutheannelsonwapenhandelaarspursang.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/slideum.com\/doc\/9973831\/gehele-observant-%2369--januari-2017-politie-mercenaries<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[79]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[81]<\/a> U.S. Department of Commerce, Industry and Trade Administration, \u201cCommercial News USA<\/em>\u201d, U.S. Foreign Commercial Service, Washington DC, 1979, page 38<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[82]<\/a> https:\/\/www.referenceforbusiness.com\/history2\/1\/CompuDyne-Corporation.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[84]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/hk\/0475615<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[85]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/02088610<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[86]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[87]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/01958854<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[92]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nti.org\/gsn\/article\/danish-man-charged-with-wmd-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[94]<\/a> Elaman AG Malans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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The investigation revealed that these three companies were only originally one, Gamma International UK Ltd. Winchester, against whom an investigation opened in 2013 by the British judicial authorities was blocked[64]<\/a>, which would have put the company on the OECD blacklist at the end of 2016[65]<\/a> \u2013 a measure which prohibits anyone in the world from doing business with the group industrial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The British investigation was limited to the analysis of the sale of FinSpy to Bahrain, while the German investigation, accompanied by a large number of testimonies from victims of the terror of the Erdo\u011fan regime in Turkey and the abroad, goes much further and finds that FinSpy has been sold illegally in 36 countries[66]<\/a>, there are huge data centers in 11 countries[67]<\/a>, so it is now suspected that there are many more crimes hidden behind known facts[68]<\/a>. This is why the Munich prosecutor's office ordered a search of the premises of the Bavarian capital, but also of the Romanian branch of the Gamma International group, in October 2020[69]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is almost impossible to defend against FinSpy: the malware installs with fake updates disguised as official, via emails with fake attachments or through security holes in software \u2013 like Avira[70]<\/a> or iTunes from Apple \u2013 and then through the bogus platforms of the major search engines, Mac and Linux installations[71]<\/a>, email programs, social networks, websites for online shopping[72]<\/a>. Where Gamma International's malware fails, that of David Vincenzetti's[73]<\/a> hacking team[74]<\/a> is there. But this company is no longer there, Gamma has surpassed it, its founders are spread over many small companies[75]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who is behind the Chinese Boxen?<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In 2015, the Citizen Lab Institute in Toronto had identified 35 countries that illegally used the applications of the Gamma \/ FinFisher group<\/sub><\/strong>[76]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The investigation by the Munich prosecutor's office leaves a slightly bitter taste in the mouth: how is it possible that a complaint from four NGOs was necessary for investigation? It makes sense that the suspicion of hypocrisy arises, especially considering that the German Secret Service (BND) awarded Stephan Oelkers of Gamma International the Big Brother Awards in 2012, because Gamma was \"the world's best computer systems intrusion company. and installation of surveillance software<\/em> (...) Gamma offers its services on its website \u2013 although the development and distribution of this type of spyware is prohibited by German criminal law (Par. 282c StGB). However, this only applies to private customers, not sales to domestic authorities or the secret police of a foreign dictatorship. This is the reason why the Munich public prosecutor's office refused to initiate criminal proceedings against Gamma<\/em>\u201d[77]<\/a>. In short: everyone knew it all, but eight years ago the Munich prosecutor thought it was a trifle as long as this monstrous technology was being used by dictatorships to oppress their own people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To be precise, we know a lot about the illegal activities of this group since 1973 (when computers were toys and espionage involved infiltrating shady men into secret rooms using a document microfilming device. banned) of people scattered in the English countryside, in the port of Hamburg, in the Bavarian capital or in the slums of Cape Town. The story begins with a cable that the US Embassy in Bonn sent to federal authorities \u2013 a message reporting the suspicious activities of Hamburg-based Dutch electronics retailer Peter Kluever[78]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CIA decides to invest in this man, as does the German army. In 1981, his two companies PK Electronics and PKI Electronic Intelligence GmbH already had contracts with the US government. In 1983, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Abdullah Ibn Nasir IBn Abd al-Asis Al Sa'ud, visited Hamburg and the German generals showed him the effects of the use of Kluever technology on the efficiency and cadence of Leopard tanks fired \u2013 which the government of Moved Riyadh to acquire this technology[79]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1987, Oelkers flew to Beijing for a demonstration of its new chips and delighted the Chinese generals who have become part of its clientele[80]<\/a>. As part of the agreements signed with the United States, from 1985, Kluever sold very modern American spy technology (developed by the Ocean Applied Research Corporation in San Diego[81]<\/a> and distributed by the CompuDyne Corporation group in Pennsylvania[82]<\/a>) Muhammar Ghaddafi in Libya, Hafiz Al-Assad in Syria, Haji Mohammad Suharto in Indonesia \u2013 the three presidents use it to intercept phone calls and radio broadcasts from opponents, foreign armies and rebel groups[83]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As he grew older, Kluever sold his company (the PK Electronics Group in Hamburg) to two engineers, the German Stephan Oelkers and the Englishman William Louthean Nelson. The latter had started running the Beijing office in 1985 and had established his own company, Personal Protection Products Ltd. Hong Kong[84]<\/a> in 1992, which until 1994, through its subsidiary in Hull[85]<\/a>, sold listening devices used by the British secret services to fight the IRA in Ulster[86]<\/a>. When Kluever retires, PK Electronics will be passed on to William Nelson and his Louthean son John Alexander Nelson, the founders of the Gamma International Group[87]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The chart of the investments of the Gamma International Group as well as of associated persons and companies \u2013 \u00a9 IBI World Ltd. London<\/sub><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A new era is beginning in which the old wiretapping will soon be overcome and forgotten. The young Louthean begins to work with Niels J\u00f8rgen Tobiasen and his two companies: The CBRN Team Ltd. London[88]<\/a> and The Phoenix Hazard Training Ltd. Darlington[89]<\/a>. It is an industrial operation that arose out of a contract to supply chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapons to Uganda[90]<\/a> which was negotiated with a member of the government, Ananias Tumukunde, who had accepted a bribe of \u00a3 40,000[91]<\/a>. An operation that ended with the arrest of Tumukunde in Kampala and Tobiasen in London in July 2007[92]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During these years, Louthean Nelson also tried to facilitate a collaboration with the hacking team of David Vincenzetti: with one of the best hackers of the Milan group, Alberto Pelliccione, Nelson tried after a while to find a system. to hack Nokia devices \u2013 but Pelliccione changes his mind when he finds out Nelson has started delivering weapons to countries affected by international sanctions through a company that has now been liquidated, Cyan Engineering Services SAL Beirut[93]<\/a>. Something that Pelliccione wants nothing to do with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps even more surprising is the next business: Nelson founds Elaman and relocates some activities to Switzerland[94]<\/a> because he is once again doing business with his father's former partner, Stephan Oelkers. Oelkers convinced Nelson to move his operations center from Hamburg to Munich and to accept a new partner, Holger G\u00fcnther Rumscheidt. This should work with the Austrian secret service[95]<\/a> and attempt to take the Bad Aibling station back from the NSA (American Military Intelligence)[96]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is an imposing and extremely symbolic temptation: the Bad Aibling interception station was born in 1936 as a military airport and radar center of the Luftwaffe, and at the end of the war, the American army converted it into a camp transit for released prisoners of war and victims of National Socialist concentration camps. A very famous concentration camp that the writers G\u00fcnter Grass and Joseph Ratzinger (the future Pope Benedict XVI) passed through[97]<\/a>. From 1952 until the closure, requested by the European Union in 2001 and carried out in 2004 (officially, since the facility was still in operation in 2013[98]<\/a>), the NSA of Bad Aibling assembled its Echelon systems[99]<\/a> to intercept telephone communications of the entire planet[100]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The takeover of the NSA station would have been the dedication of Nelson and his employees to a company of global significance and almost unlimited power. Negotiations were not over when FinFisher started selling its FinSpy to Turkey and the world began to see the danger. After the research in Munich, Switzerland and Romania, Nelson began to liquidate all the companies as quickly as possible: some of them (Computplus Ltd., G2 Systems Ltd., Gamma 2000 Ltd., Gamma 2000 Waste Management Ltd., Gamma International (UK) Ltd.) were liquidated in early February 2021 at the time of writing[101]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is no turning back<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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April 14, 2007: Over a million peaceful citizens protest against the abolition of freedom and against a regime that has turned their homeland into a hell of oppression, violence and misery. An exciting scene of humanity that could hardly be repeated<\/sub><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, that does not change the substance of things. Today, February 2021, the government and its intelligence agencies in at least 40 countries around the world, the vast majority of which are ruled by dictatorships, have in their hands software that not only goes beyond doomsday scenarios. described by George Orwell, but also from \"Brazil\" by Terry Gilliam: Now, a regime no longer needs to discover that someone is preparing a plot to isolate, torture, condemn and exterminate them. The state can create evidence with the click of a computer, using software that in a thousandth of a second will doom each one of us and implicate each of our loved ones in our destruction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a society where the alienation of the individual from the common context has already reached worrying proportions, the software developed and sold by a small handful of criminals totally unknown to the public has enabled humanity to embark on a path of no return: one where there is nothing more true and verifiable in which each of us must doubt who is around us, and even (and even more) ourselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The weakness and superficiality with which Western governments (especially the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom) have allowed this software to be distributed across the planet for purely selfish calculations is unforgivable and the sign that 75 years after the end of WWII, 30 years after the end of the cold war, and the fear of nuclear conflict when nature rebels against the foolish way we are destroying it, people have crossed the line ultimate \u2013 those in which the enemy who kills does not come from outside, but from within \u2013 and is inexorable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/65-in-yuzbinleri-6335051<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/6554851.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/laik-turkiye-icin-caglayan-a-6426626<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/3-miting-3-mesaj-6462629<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/izmir-rekor-bekliyor-6495436<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/turkey-used-german-spy-software-on-opposition-politicians-and-activists\/a-43787769<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/atalayar.com\/en\/content\/turkish-spy-networks-control-opponents<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-39416954<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.birgun.net\/haber\/iddia-pelikancilar-hakan-fidan-gitsin-diyor-283382<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trthaber.com\/haber\/gundem\/iletisim-baskanligi-berat-albayrakin-gorevden-af-talebi-kabul-edilmistir-529559.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/europe\/russia-accuses-president-erdogan-s-son-law-being-linked-isis-oil-trade-a6761436.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2016\/09\/turkey-redhackers-daunt-the-erdogan-family.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/thepressproject.gr\/exclusive-wikileaks-documents-relations-erdogan-isis-oil-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.duvarenglish.com\/sport\/2020\/02\/10\/politics-in-stadiums-fenerbahce-fans-urge-minister-albayrak-to-keep-hands-off-football<\/a> ; https:\/\/odatv4.com\/fenerbahceliler-damata-karsi-ayaga-kalkti-02022031.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> Intelligence Online, \u201cHakan Fidan close to ministerial promotion<\/em>\u201d, see in 2020.11.18 Hakan Fidan Minister<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkey-launches-project-to-train-1-million-software-developers-154081<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> 2017.04.13 T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mill%C3%AE_%C4%B0stihbarat_Te%C5%9Fkil%C3%A2t%C4%B1#Leitung<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> Hakan Fidan on Nexis, pages 57-60<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/t24.com.tr\/haber\/adanada-3-tir-durduruldu-arama-yapiliyor,248707<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> 1000 colpi di mortaio, 1000 colpi di artiglieria, 50\u2019000 fucili d'assalto e 30\u2019000 munizioni per mitragliatrice \u2013 see in https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529223636\/http:\/\/www.aktifhaber.com\/devlet-sirri-denilen-mit-tirlari-ile-ilgili-tapeler-1053377h.htm#<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[18]<\/a> http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com.tr\/haber\/mit-tirlari-boyle-durduruldu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/bianet.org\/bianet\/insan-haklari\/155519-tir-lari-durdurmakla-suclanan-13-askere-muebbet-istendi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[21]<\/a> http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/erdogandan-canli-yayinda-can-dundara-tehdit-288885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/www.faz.net\/aktuell\/politik\/ausland\/europa\/tuerkei\/tuerkei-kampf-gegen-die-soldaten-des-lichts-12715816.html?printPagedArticle=true#pageIndex_3<\/a> ; https:\/\/taz.de\/Wie-Guelen-zum-Staatsfeind-Nr-1-wurde\/!5323191\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.sabah.com.tr\/gundem\/2021\/02\/03\/son-dakika-istihbarattaki-fetocu-generalden-bomba-itiraflar-tegmen-rutbemi-fetullah-gulen-takti<\/a> ; https:\/\/tr.sputniknews.com\/turkiye\/202001211041211454-sozcu-ilker-basbugu-cezaevine-attiran-feto-mektubunu-acikliyoruz\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nadir.org\/nadir\/initiativ\/isku\/hintergrund\/geheimdienste\/geheim994.htm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/tuerkischer-geheimdienst-liess-erdogan-gegner-in-deutschland-ausspionieren\/12027820.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article157778863\/Erdogans-Agenten-bedrohen-Tuerken-in-Deutschland.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.derstandard.at\/story\/1397522175727\/geheimdienst-staat-tuerkei<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2020\/09\/turkey-austria-spy-nehammer-kurdish-clashes-protests-vienna.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/austria-turkey-espionage-int-idUSKBN25S4R5<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/10\/13\/world\/europe\/turkey-austria-erdogan-assassin.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/global-europe\/news\/flemish-minister-turkish-sponosred-mosque-is-nest-of-spies\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/07\/06\/influenced-by-gulenists-belgium-targets-turkish-mosques-fighting-extremism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-kosovo-security-turkey-idUSKBN1H70CC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/opinion\/murat-yetkin\/turkish-intelligence-unveils-secret-codes-used-before-coup-attempt-103843<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2018\/09\/turkish-teachers-detained-moldova-gulen.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/balkaninsight.com\/2018\/09\/06\/six-turkish-professors-detained-by-moldovan-secret-services-09-06-2018\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[39]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-brings-key-feto-suspect-from-ukraine-to-turkey-134608<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.meforum.org\/60976\/turkish-spy-agency-mit-intelligence-gathering-australia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-agency-brings-three-feto-members-from-gabon-to-turkey-130050<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/turkey\/turkish-intelligence-agency-rescues-a-kidnapped-italian-citizen-in-kenya-36192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20190807-libyan-national-army-turkish-intelligence-is-operating-in-tripoli\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/11\/27\/senior-feto-figure-captured-by-turkish-intelligence-in-sudan\/amp<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/07\/turkish-diplomats-have-extensively-spied-on-critics-in-the-united-states\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[52]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/cellmate-teacher-abducted-by-turkeys-mit-from-malaysia-subjected-to-torture-in-ankara\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligences-captures-feto-suspect-in-malaysia-146188<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[63]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 6-7, page 12<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[65]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/privacy-international-complaint-to-uk-ncp-about-gamma-international-uk-ltd<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[66]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/finfisher-malicious-spyware-disguised-mozilla-firefox-discovered-36-countries-1233177<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[67]<\/a> https:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/home\/security-news\/finfisher-command-and-control-hubs-turn-up-in-11-new-countries\/<\/a> ; 2013.04.01 SC Magazine on FinFisher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[68]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/german-prosecutors-investigate-spyware-maker-finfisher\/a-50293812<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[69]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/2020\/unsere-strafanzeige-razzia-bei-staatstrojaner-firma-finfisher-in-muenchen\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[70]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/intelligence_privacy\/avira-lantivirus-comprato-dai-servizi-segreti-del-golfo-persico\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/blogs.mediapart.fr\/paolo-fusi\/blog\/260920\/le-hacker-militaire-qui-achete-avira<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[71]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/research\/2020\/09\/german-made-finspy-spyware-found-in-egypt-and-mac-and-linux-versions-revealed\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[72]<\/a> https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/BL-DGB-23568<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/technology\/apple\/8912714\/Apple-iTunes-flaw-allowed-government-spying-for-3-years.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/krebsonsecurity.com\/2011\/11\/apple-took-3-years-to-fix-finfisher-trojan-hole\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2012-07-25\/cyber-attacks-on-activists-traced-to-finfisher-spyware-of-gamma<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[75]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/tecnologia\/2015\/07\/12\/news\/segreti-concorrenza-e-fobie-tutti-i-punti-deboli-di-hacking-team-1.35241096<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[76]<\/a> https:\/\/citizenlab.ca\/2015\/10\/mapping-finfishers-continuing-proliferation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[77]<\/a> https:\/\/bigbrotherawards.de\/en\/2012\/technology-gamma-international<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[78]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/pdf\/gammagrouploutheannelsonwapenhandelaarspursang.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/slideum.com\/doc\/9973831\/gehele-observant-%2369--januari-2017-politie-mercenaries<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[79]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[81]<\/a> U.S. Department of Commerce, Industry and Trade Administration, \u201cCommercial News USA<\/em>\u201d, U.S. Foreign Commercial Service, Washington DC, 1979, page 38<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[82]<\/a> https:\/\/www.referenceforbusiness.com\/history2\/1\/CompuDyne-Corporation.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[83]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[84]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/hk\/0475615<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[85]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/02088610<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[86]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[87]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/01958854<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[88]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/05318642<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[89]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/06591222<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[90]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[91]<\/a> https:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/200809010266.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[92]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nti.org\/gsn\/article\/danish-man-charged-with-wmd-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[94]<\/a> Elaman AG Malans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[95]<\/a> Holger G\u00fcnther Rumscheidt Kirchberg in Tirol<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[98]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[99]<\/a> James Bamford, \u201cBody of secrets: Anatomy of the ultra-secret NSA<\/em>\u201d, Anchor Books, New York, 2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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The Munich public prosecutor's office launches a criminal investigation based on the evidence presented by these NGOs: the aforementioned Bavarian companies have violated the foreign trade law on at least six points[62]<\/a> and have not only sold FinSpy to Turkey, but also to the governments of many other countries, including Bahrain, Egypt, Ethiopia, Libya, Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela[63]<\/a> \u2013 all countries which raise serious concerns about the democratic nature of the political system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The investigation revealed that these three companies were only originally one, Gamma International UK Ltd. Winchester, against whom an investigation opened in 2013 by the British judicial authorities was blocked[64]<\/a>, which would have put the company on the OECD blacklist at the end of 2016[65]<\/a> \u2013 a measure which prohibits anyone in the world from doing business with the group industrial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The British investigation was limited to the analysis of the sale of FinSpy to Bahrain, while the German investigation, accompanied by a large number of testimonies from victims of the terror of the Erdo\u011fan regime in Turkey and the abroad, goes much further and finds that FinSpy has been sold illegally in 36 countries[66]<\/a>, there are huge data centers in 11 countries[67]<\/a>, so it is now suspected that there are many more crimes hidden behind known facts[68]<\/a>. This is why the Munich prosecutor's office ordered a search of the premises of the Bavarian capital, but also of the Romanian branch of the Gamma International group, in October 2020[69]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is almost impossible to defend against FinSpy: the malware installs with fake updates disguised as official, via emails with fake attachments or through security holes in software \u2013 like Avira[70]<\/a> or iTunes from Apple \u2013 and then through the bogus platforms of the major search engines, Mac and Linux installations[71]<\/a>, email programs, social networks, websites for online shopping[72]<\/a>. Where Gamma International's malware fails, that of David Vincenzetti's[73]<\/a> hacking team[74]<\/a> is there. But this company is no longer there, Gamma has surpassed it, its founders are spread over many small companies[75]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who is behind the Chinese Boxen?<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In 2015, the Citizen Lab Institute in Toronto had identified 35 countries that illegally used the applications of the Gamma \/ FinFisher group<\/sub><\/strong>[76]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The investigation by the Munich prosecutor's office leaves a slightly bitter taste in the mouth: how is it possible that a complaint from four NGOs was necessary for investigation? It makes sense that the suspicion of hypocrisy arises, especially considering that the German Secret Service (BND) awarded Stephan Oelkers of Gamma International the Big Brother Awards in 2012, because Gamma was \"the world's best computer systems intrusion company. and installation of surveillance software<\/em> (...) Gamma offers its services on its website \u2013 although the development and distribution of this type of spyware is prohibited by German criminal law (Par. 282c StGB). However, this only applies to private customers, not sales to domestic authorities or the secret police of a foreign dictatorship. This is the reason why the Munich public prosecutor's office refused to initiate criminal proceedings against Gamma<\/em>\u201d[77]<\/a>. In short: everyone knew it all, but eight years ago the Munich prosecutor thought it was a trifle as long as this monstrous technology was being used by dictatorships to oppress their own people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To be precise, we know a lot about the illegal activities of this group since 1973 (when computers were toys and espionage involved infiltrating shady men into secret rooms using a document microfilming device. banned) of people scattered in the English countryside, in the port of Hamburg, in the Bavarian capital or in the slums of Cape Town. The story begins with a cable that the US Embassy in Bonn sent to federal authorities \u2013 a message reporting the suspicious activities of Hamburg-based Dutch electronics retailer Peter Kluever[78]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CIA decides to invest in this man, as does the German army. In 1981, his two companies PK Electronics and PKI Electronic Intelligence GmbH already had contracts with the US government. In 1983, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Abdullah Ibn Nasir IBn Abd al-Asis Al Sa'ud, visited Hamburg and the German generals showed him the effects of the use of Kluever technology on the efficiency and cadence of Leopard tanks fired \u2013 which the government of Moved Riyadh to acquire this technology[79]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1987, Oelkers flew to Beijing for a demonstration of its new chips and delighted the Chinese generals who have become part of its clientele[80]<\/a>. As part of the agreements signed with the United States, from 1985, Kluever sold very modern American spy technology (developed by the Ocean Applied Research Corporation in San Diego[81]<\/a> and distributed by the CompuDyne Corporation group in Pennsylvania[82]<\/a>) Muhammar Ghaddafi in Libya, Hafiz Al-Assad in Syria, Haji Mohammad Suharto in Indonesia \u2013 the three presidents use it to intercept phone calls and radio broadcasts from opponents, foreign armies and rebel groups[83]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As he grew older, Kluever sold his company (the PK Electronics Group in Hamburg) to two engineers, the German Stephan Oelkers and the Englishman William Louthean Nelson. The latter had started running the Beijing office in 1985 and had established his own company, Personal Protection Products Ltd. Hong Kong[84]<\/a> in 1992, which until 1994, through its subsidiary in Hull[85]<\/a>, sold listening devices used by the British secret services to fight the IRA in Ulster[86]<\/a>. When Kluever retires, PK Electronics will be passed on to William Nelson and his Louthean son John Alexander Nelson, the founders of the Gamma International Group[87]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The chart of the investments of the Gamma International Group as well as of associated persons and companies \u2013 \u00a9 IBI World Ltd. London<\/sub><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A new era is beginning in which the old wiretapping will soon be overcome and forgotten. The young Louthean begins to work with Niels J\u00f8rgen Tobiasen and his two companies: The CBRN Team Ltd. London[88]<\/a> and The Phoenix Hazard Training Ltd. Darlington[89]<\/a>. It is an industrial operation that arose out of a contract to supply chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapons to Uganda[90]<\/a> which was negotiated with a member of the government, Ananias Tumukunde, who had accepted a bribe of \u00a3 40,000[91]<\/a>. An operation that ended with the arrest of Tumukunde in Kampala and Tobiasen in London in July 2007[92]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During these years, Louthean Nelson also tried to facilitate a collaboration with the hacking team of David Vincenzetti: with one of the best hackers of the Milan group, Alberto Pelliccione, Nelson tried after a while to find a system. to hack Nokia devices \u2013 but Pelliccione changes his mind when he finds out Nelson has started delivering weapons to countries affected by international sanctions through a company that has now been liquidated, Cyan Engineering Services SAL Beirut[93]<\/a>. Something that Pelliccione wants nothing to do with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps even more surprising is the next business: Nelson founds Elaman and relocates some activities to Switzerland[94]<\/a> because he is once again doing business with his father's former partner, Stephan Oelkers. Oelkers convinced Nelson to move his operations center from Hamburg to Munich and to accept a new partner, Holger G\u00fcnther Rumscheidt. This should work with the Austrian secret service[95]<\/a> and attempt to take the Bad Aibling station back from the NSA (American Military Intelligence)[96]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is an imposing and extremely symbolic temptation: the Bad Aibling interception station was born in 1936 as a military airport and radar center of the Luftwaffe, and at the end of the war, the American army converted it into a camp transit for released prisoners of war and victims of National Socialist concentration camps. A very famous concentration camp that the writers G\u00fcnter Grass and Joseph Ratzinger (the future Pope Benedict XVI) passed through[97]<\/a>. From 1952 until the closure, requested by the European Union in 2001 and carried out in 2004 (officially, since the facility was still in operation in 2013[98]<\/a>), the NSA of Bad Aibling assembled its Echelon systems[99]<\/a> to intercept telephone communications of the entire planet[100]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The takeover of the NSA station would have been the dedication of Nelson and his employees to a company of global significance and almost unlimited power. Negotiations were not over when FinFisher started selling its FinSpy to Turkey and the world began to see the danger. After the research in Munich, Switzerland and Romania, Nelson began to liquidate all the companies as quickly as possible: some of them (Computplus Ltd., G2 Systems Ltd., Gamma 2000 Ltd., Gamma 2000 Waste Management Ltd., Gamma International (UK) Ltd.) were liquidated in early February 2021 at the time of writing[101]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is no turning back<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

April 14, 2007: Over a million peaceful citizens protest against the abolition of freedom and against a regime that has turned their homeland into a hell of oppression, violence and misery. An exciting scene of humanity that could hardly be repeated<\/sub><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, that does not change the substance of things. Today, February 2021, the government and its intelligence agencies in at least 40 countries around the world, the vast majority of which are ruled by dictatorships, have in their hands software that not only goes beyond doomsday scenarios. described by George Orwell, but also from \"Brazil\" by Terry Gilliam: Now, a regime no longer needs to discover that someone is preparing a plot to isolate, torture, condemn and exterminate them. The state can create evidence with the click of a computer, using software that in a thousandth of a second will doom each one of us and implicate each of our loved ones in our destruction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a society where the alienation of the individual from the common context has already reached worrying proportions, the software developed and sold by a small handful of criminals totally unknown to the public has enabled humanity to embark on a path of no return: one where there is nothing more true and verifiable in which each of us must doubt who is around us, and even (and even more) ourselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The weakness and superficiality with which Western governments (especially the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom) have allowed this software to be distributed across the planet for purely selfish calculations is unforgivable and the sign that 75 years after the end of WWII, 30 years after the end of the cold war, and the fear of nuclear conflict when nature rebels against the foolish way we are destroying it, people have crossed the line ultimate \u2013 those in which the enemy who kills does not come from outside, but from within \u2013 and is inexorable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/65-in-yuzbinleri-6335051<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/6554851.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/laik-turkiye-icin-caglayan-a-6426626<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/3-miting-3-mesaj-6462629<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/izmir-rekor-bekliyor-6495436<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/turkey-used-german-spy-software-on-opposition-politicians-and-activists\/a-43787769<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/atalayar.com\/en\/content\/turkish-spy-networks-control-opponents<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-39416954<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.birgun.net\/haber\/iddia-pelikancilar-hakan-fidan-gitsin-diyor-283382<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trthaber.com\/haber\/gundem\/iletisim-baskanligi-berat-albayrakin-gorevden-af-talebi-kabul-edilmistir-529559.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/europe\/russia-accuses-president-erdogan-s-son-law-being-linked-isis-oil-trade-a6761436.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2016\/09\/turkey-redhackers-daunt-the-erdogan-family.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/thepressproject.gr\/exclusive-wikileaks-documents-relations-erdogan-isis-oil-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.duvarenglish.com\/sport\/2020\/02\/10\/politics-in-stadiums-fenerbahce-fans-urge-minister-albayrak-to-keep-hands-off-football<\/a> ; https:\/\/odatv4.com\/fenerbahceliler-damata-karsi-ayaga-kalkti-02022031.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> Intelligence Online, \u201cHakan Fidan close to ministerial promotion<\/em>\u201d, see in 2020.11.18 Hakan Fidan Minister<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkey-launches-project-to-train-1-million-software-developers-154081<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> 2017.04.13 T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mill%C3%AE_%C4%B0stihbarat_Te%C5%9Fkil%C3%A2t%C4%B1#Leitung<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> Hakan Fidan on Nexis, pages 57-60<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/t24.com.tr\/haber\/adanada-3-tir-durduruldu-arama-yapiliyor,248707<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> 1000 colpi di mortaio, 1000 colpi di artiglieria, 50\u2019000 fucili d'assalto e 30\u2019000 munizioni per mitragliatrice \u2013 see in https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529223636\/http:\/\/www.aktifhaber.com\/devlet-sirri-denilen-mit-tirlari-ile-ilgili-tapeler-1053377h.htm#<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.haber7.com\/guncel\/haber\/1121773-mit-tirlari-neden-durduruldu<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com.tr\/haber\/mit-tirlari-boyle-durduruldu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/bianet.org\/bianet\/insan-haklari\/155519-tir-lari-durdurmakla-suclanan-13-askere-muebbet-istendi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.milliyet.com.tr\/gundem\/mit-tirlari-olayinda-yeni-gelisme-5-savci-gorevden-uzaklastirildi-1999064<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/erdogandan-canli-yayinda-can-dundara-tehdit-288885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/www.faz.net\/aktuell\/politik\/ausland\/europa\/tuerkei\/tuerkei-kampf-gegen-die-soldaten-des-lichts-12715816.html?printPagedArticle=true#pageIndex_3<\/a> ; https:\/\/taz.de\/Wie-Guelen-zum-Staatsfeind-Nr-1-wurde\/!5323191\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.sabah.com.tr\/gundem\/2021\/02\/03\/son-dakika-istihbarattaki-fetocu-generalden-bomba-itiraflar-tegmen-rutbemi-fetullah-gulen-takti<\/a> ; https:\/\/tr.sputniknews.com\/turkiye\/202001211041211454-sozcu-ilker-basbugu-cezaevine-attiran-feto-mektubunu-acikliyoruz\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.genios.de\/presse-archiv\/artikel\/FAZ\/20171111\/jagd-auf-die-guelenisten\/FR1201711115279571.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nadir.org\/nadir\/initiativ\/isku\/hintergrund\/geheimdienste\/geheim994.htm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/tuerkischer-geheimdienst-liess-erdogan-gegner-in-deutschland-ausspionieren\/12027820.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article157778863\/Erdogans-Agenten-bedrohen-Tuerken-in-Deutschland.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.derstandard.at\/story\/1397522175727\/geheimdienst-staat-tuerkei<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2020\/09\/turkey-austria-spy-nehammer-kurdish-clashes-protests-vienna.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/austria-turkey-espionage-int-idUSKBN25S4R5<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/10\/13\/world\/europe\/turkey-austria-erdogan-assassin.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/global-europe\/news\/flemish-minister-turkish-sponosred-mosque-is-nest-of-spies\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/07\/06\/influenced-by-gulenists-belgium-targets-turkish-mosques-fighting-extremism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/erdogan-critics-listed-by-turkish-embassy-in-prague-were-included-in-bogus-terrorism-probe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turk-greek-ties-strained-by-arson-row-10324<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-greece-germany-spying\/greek-police-arrest-german-on-suspicion-of-spying-idUSBRE97208820130803<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kathimerini.gr\/society\/896001\/istories-me-kataskopoys-sto-aigaio\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.larissanet.gr\/2019\/06\/21\/dikazetai-sti-rodo-kataskopos-tis-tourkias\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/ahvalnews.com\/mit\/turkish-intelligence-recruits-eu-retirees-spy-greece<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/04\/turkish-intelligence-operations-targeting-critics-in-greece-exposed-in-secret-documents\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/intelnews.org\/2016\/12\/09\/01-2023\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/more-secret-documents-confirming-vast-turkish-espionage-activities-in-greece-uncovered\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.skai.gr\/news\/greece\/dyo-syllipseis-ellinon-gia-kataskopeia-sti-rodo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-kosovo-security-turkey-idUSKBN1H70CC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/opinion\/murat-yetkin\/turkish-intelligence-unveils-secret-codes-used-before-coup-attempt-103843<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2018\/09\/turkish-teachers-detained-moldova-gulen.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/balkaninsight.com\/2018\/09\/06\/six-turkish-professors-detained-by-moldovan-secret-services-09-06-2018\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/turkeypurge.com\/turkey-spying-imams-active-also-in-norway<\/a> ; https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/turkeys-autocratic-president-erdogans-spying-profiling-expands-in-norway\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/kafila.org\/www-matthewaid-com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/report-sweden-launches-espionage-probe-into-turkish-govt-representatives\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/politics\/undiplomatic_swiss-eye-alleged-turkish-kidnapping-attempt\/43973170<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/swiss-foreign-minister-warns-turkey-against-illegal-spying-111199<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/eu-affairs\/2017\/05\/01\/as-anti-turkish-politics-grip-europe-turkish-swiss-policeman-arrested<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-brings-key-feto-suspect-from-ukraine-to-turkey-134608<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.meforum.org\/60976\/turkish-spy-agency-mit-intelligence-gathering-australia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-egypt-court\/egypt-detains-29-people-on-suspicion-of-espionage-for-turkey-idUSKBN1DM1AN<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.egypttoday.com\/Article\/1\/33764\/In-Pictures-Egypt-foils-Turkish-espionage-attempt<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-agency-brings-three-feto-members-from-gabon-to-turkey-130050<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/turkey\/turkish-intelligence-agency-rescues-a-kidnapped-italian-citizen-in-kenya-36192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20190807-libyan-national-army-turkish-intelligence-is-operating-in-tripoli\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/11\/27\/senior-feto-figure-captured-by-turkish-intelligence-in-sudan\/amp<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/07\/turkish-diplomats-have-extensively-spied-on-critics-in-the-united-states\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/1101683.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intel-returns-wanted-feto-from-azerbaijan-140108<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/06\/turkish-diplomats-spy-on-erdogan-critics-in-georgia-secret-document-reveals\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2019\/04\/22\/4-pkk-terrorists-brought-to-turkey-from-iraq-in-operation-by-turkish-intelligence<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/news\/pkk-confirms-capture-two-turkish-spies-iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.presstv.com\/Detail\/2017\/08\/29\/533306\/PKK-Turkish-officers-spying-Iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.sabah.com.tr\/gundem\/2019\/07\/07\/son-dakika-teror-orgutu-pkkkcknin-sozde-baskanlik-konseyi-uyesi-diyar-garip-muhammed-etkisiz-hale-getirildi<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thedefensepost.com\/2018\/08\/15\/turkey-airstrike-pkk-sinjar-iraq\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/menafn.com\/1098975780\/Turkish-warplanes-neutralize-4-PKK-terrorists-In-Iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2019\/09\/16\/3-pkk-terrorists-neutralized-by-turkish-jets-in-northern-iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkey-neutralizes-senior-female-ypg-pkk-terrorist-150730<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/cellmate-teacher-abducted-by-turkeys-mit-from-malaysia-subjected-to-torture-in-ankara\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligences-captures-feto-suspect-in-malaysia-146188<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-mongolia-kidnapping-turkey-idUSKBN1KI03N<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/pakistan\/pakistan-admits-they-secretly-deported-turkish-family-wanted-by-erdogan-govt-4895423\/lite\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turkish_involvement_in_the_Syrian_civil_war<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/securityaffairs.co\/wordpress\/41169\/breaking-news\/finfisher-spyware-new-customers.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.business-humanrights.org\/en\/latest-news\/german-prosecutor-to-investigate-finfisher-for-allegedly-selling-spyware-used-against-journalists-and-activists-in-turkey-without-license\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.ecchr.eu\/en\/press-release\/german-prosecutor-opens-criminal-investiation-into-finfisher-for-selling-spyware-to-turkey-without-license\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reporter-ohne-grenzen.de\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/freiheitsrechte.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[60]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[61]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecchr.eu\/en\/about-us\/?L=2<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[62]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 4-5<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[63]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 6-7, page 12<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[64]<\/a> https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847361\/UK-NCP-initial-complaint-privacy-international-and-others-against-gamma-international-uk-ltd.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847362\/UK-NCP-Final-statement-complaint-Privacy-International-Gamma-International-UK-Ltd.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847364\/uk-ncp-follow-up-statement-privacy-international-gamma-international.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[65]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/privacy-international-complaint-to-uk-ncp-about-gamma-international-uk-ltd<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[66]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/finfisher-malicious-spyware-disguised-mozilla-firefox-discovered-36-countries-1233177<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[67]<\/a> https:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/home\/security-news\/finfisher-command-and-control-hubs-turn-up-in-11-new-countries\/<\/a> ; 2013.04.01 SC Magazine on FinFisher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[68]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/german-prosecutors-investigate-spyware-maker-finfisher\/a-50293812<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[69]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/2020\/unsere-strafanzeige-razzia-bei-staatstrojaner-firma-finfisher-in-muenchen\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[70]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/intelligence_privacy\/avira-lantivirus-comprato-dai-servizi-segreti-del-golfo-persico\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/blogs.mediapart.fr\/paolo-fusi\/blog\/260920\/le-hacker-militaire-qui-achete-avira<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[71]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/research\/2020\/09\/german-made-finspy-spyware-found-in-egypt-and-mac-and-linux-versions-revealed\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[72]<\/a> https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/BL-DGB-23568<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/technology\/apple\/8912714\/Apple-iTunes-flaw-allowed-government-spying-for-3-years.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/krebsonsecurity.com\/2011\/11\/apple-took-3-years-to-fix-finfisher-trojan-hole\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2012-07-25\/cyber-attacks-on-activists-traced-to-finfisher-spyware-of-gamma<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[75]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/tecnologia\/2015\/07\/12\/news\/segreti-concorrenza-e-fobie-tutti-i-punti-deboli-di-hacking-team-1.35241096<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[76]<\/a> https:\/\/citizenlab.ca\/2015\/10\/mapping-finfishers-continuing-proliferation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[77]<\/a> https:\/\/bigbrotherawards.de\/en\/2012\/technology-gamma-international<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[78]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/pdf\/gammagrouploutheannelsonwapenhandelaarspursang.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/slideum.com\/doc\/9973831\/gehele-observant-%2369--januari-2017-politie-mercenaries<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[79]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[82]<\/a> https:\/\/www.referenceforbusiness.com\/history2\/1\/CompuDyne-Corporation.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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The complex system of monitoring, hacking, interception and tampering necessary to monitor millions of people is no toy. NGOs from all over Europe are researching who developed such technology and found it in Germany \u2013 it is called FinSpy and is produced by three companies of the Gamma International group: FinFisher GmbH Munich, FinFisher Labs GmbH Munich and Elaman GmbH Munich. Four organizations were able to prove it to the German courts[57]<\/a>: Reporters Without Borders in Berlin (active throughout Europe, mainly concerned with press freedom[58]<\/a>), GFF Gesellschaft f\u00fcr Freiheitsrechte in Berlin (very active in monitoring illegal activities of the BND and other German secret services[59]<\/a>), Netzpolitik.org in Berlin (an online newspaper[60]<\/a>) and the European Center for the Constitution and Human Rights in Berlin[61]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Munich public prosecutor's office launches a criminal investigation based on the evidence presented by these NGOs: the aforementioned Bavarian companies have violated the foreign trade law on at least six points[62]<\/a> and have not only sold FinSpy to Turkey, but also to the governments of many other countries, including Bahrain, Egypt, Ethiopia, Libya, Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela[63]<\/a> \u2013 all countries which raise serious concerns about the democratic nature of the political system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The investigation revealed that these three companies were only originally one, Gamma International UK Ltd. Winchester, against whom an investigation opened in 2013 by the British judicial authorities was blocked[64]<\/a>, which would have put the company on the OECD blacklist at the end of 2016[65]<\/a> \u2013 a measure which prohibits anyone in the world from doing business with the group industrial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The British investigation was limited to the analysis of the sale of FinSpy to Bahrain, while the German investigation, accompanied by a large number of testimonies from victims of the terror of the Erdo\u011fan regime in Turkey and the abroad, goes much further and finds that FinSpy has been sold illegally in 36 countries[66]<\/a>, there are huge data centers in 11 countries[67]<\/a>, so it is now suspected that there are many more crimes hidden behind known facts[68]<\/a>. This is why the Munich prosecutor's office ordered a search of the premises of the Bavarian capital, but also of the Romanian branch of the Gamma International group, in October 2020[69]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is almost impossible to defend against FinSpy: the malware installs with fake updates disguised as official, via emails with fake attachments or through security holes in software \u2013 like Avira[70]<\/a> or iTunes from Apple \u2013 and then through the bogus platforms of the major search engines, Mac and Linux installations[71]<\/a>, email programs, social networks, websites for online shopping[72]<\/a>. Where Gamma International's malware fails, that of David Vincenzetti's[73]<\/a> hacking team[74]<\/a> is there. But this company is no longer there, Gamma has surpassed it, its founders are spread over many small companies[75]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who is behind the Chinese Boxen?<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In 2015, the Citizen Lab Institute in Toronto had identified 35 countries that illegally used the applications of the Gamma \/ FinFisher group<\/sub><\/strong>[76]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The investigation by the Munich prosecutor's office leaves a slightly bitter taste in the mouth: how is it possible that a complaint from four NGOs was necessary for investigation? It makes sense that the suspicion of hypocrisy arises, especially considering that the German Secret Service (BND) awarded Stephan Oelkers of Gamma International the Big Brother Awards in 2012, because Gamma was \"the world's best computer systems intrusion company. and installation of surveillance software<\/em> (...) Gamma offers its services on its website \u2013 although the development and distribution of this type of spyware is prohibited by German criminal law (Par. 282c StGB). However, this only applies to private customers, not sales to domestic authorities or the secret police of a foreign dictatorship. This is the reason why the Munich public prosecutor's office refused to initiate criminal proceedings against Gamma<\/em>\u201d[77]<\/a>. In short: everyone knew it all, but eight years ago the Munich prosecutor thought it was a trifle as long as this monstrous technology was being used by dictatorships to oppress their own people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To be precise, we know a lot about the illegal activities of this group since 1973 (when computers were toys and espionage involved infiltrating shady men into secret rooms using a document microfilming device. banned) of people scattered in the English countryside, in the port of Hamburg, in the Bavarian capital or in the slums of Cape Town. The story begins with a cable that the US Embassy in Bonn sent to federal authorities \u2013 a message reporting the suspicious activities of Hamburg-based Dutch electronics retailer Peter Kluever[78]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CIA decides to invest in this man, as does the German army. In 1981, his two companies PK Electronics and PKI Electronic Intelligence GmbH already had contracts with the US government. In 1983, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Abdullah Ibn Nasir IBn Abd al-Asis Al Sa'ud, visited Hamburg and the German generals showed him the effects of the use of Kluever technology on the efficiency and cadence of Leopard tanks fired \u2013 which the government of Moved Riyadh to acquire this technology[79]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1987, Oelkers flew to Beijing for a demonstration of its new chips and delighted the Chinese generals who have become part of its clientele[80]<\/a>. As part of the agreements signed with the United States, from 1985, Kluever sold very modern American spy technology (developed by the Ocean Applied Research Corporation in San Diego[81]<\/a> and distributed by the CompuDyne Corporation group in Pennsylvania[82]<\/a>) Muhammar Ghaddafi in Libya, Hafiz Al-Assad in Syria, Haji Mohammad Suharto in Indonesia \u2013 the three presidents use it to intercept phone calls and radio broadcasts from opponents, foreign armies and rebel groups[83]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As he grew older, Kluever sold his company (the PK Electronics Group in Hamburg) to two engineers, the German Stephan Oelkers and the Englishman William Louthean Nelson. The latter had started running the Beijing office in 1985 and had established his own company, Personal Protection Products Ltd. Hong Kong[84]<\/a> in 1992, which until 1994, through its subsidiary in Hull[85]<\/a>, sold listening devices used by the British secret services to fight the IRA in Ulster[86]<\/a>. When Kluever retires, PK Electronics will be passed on to William Nelson and his Louthean son John Alexander Nelson, the founders of the Gamma International Group[87]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The chart of the investments of the Gamma International Group as well as of associated persons and companies \u2013 \u00a9 IBI World Ltd. London<\/sub><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A new era is beginning in which the old wiretapping will soon be overcome and forgotten. The young Louthean begins to work with Niels J\u00f8rgen Tobiasen and his two companies: The CBRN Team Ltd. London[88]<\/a> and The Phoenix Hazard Training Ltd. Darlington[89]<\/a>. It is an industrial operation that arose out of a contract to supply chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapons to Uganda[90]<\/a> which was negotiated with a member of the government, Ananias Tumukunde, who had accepted a bribe of \u00a3 40,000[91]<\/a>. An operation that ended with the arrest of Tumukunde in Kampala and Tobiasen in London in July 2007[92]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During these years, Louthean Nelson also tried to facilitate a collaboration with the hacking team of David Vincenzetti: with one of the best hackers of the Milan group, Alberto Pelliccione, Nelson tried after a while to find a system. to hack Nokia devices \u2013 but Pelliccione changes his mind when he finds out Nelson has started delivering weapons to countries affected by international sanctions through a company that has now been liquidated, Cyan Engineering Services SAL Beirut[93]<\/a>. Something that Pelliccione wants nothing to do with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps even more surprising is the next business: Nelson founds Elaman and relocates some activities to Switzerland[94]<\/a> because he is once again doing business with his father's former partner, Stephan Oelkers. Oelkers convinced Nelson to move his operations center from Hamburg to Munich and to accept a new partner, Holger G\u00fcnther Rumscheidt. This should work with the Austrian secret service[95]<\/a> and attempt to take the Bad Aibling station back from the NSA (American Military Intelligence)[96]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is an imposing and extremely symbolic temptation: the Bad Aibling interception station was born in 1936 as a military airport and radar center of the Luftwaffe, and at the end of the war, the American army converted it into a camp transit for released prisoners of war and victims of National Socialist concentration camps. A very famous concentration camp that the writers G\u00fcnter Grass and Joseph Ratzinger (the future Pope Benedict XVI) passed through[97]<\/a>. From 1952 until the closure, requested by the European Union in 2001 and carried out in 2004 (officially, since the facility was still in operation in 2013[98]<\/a>), the NSA of Bad Aibling assembled its Echelon systems[99]<\/a> to intercept telephone communications of the entire planet[100]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The takeover of the NSA station would have been the dedication of Nelson and his employees to a company of global significance and almost unlimited power. Negotiations were not over when FinFisher started selling its FinSpy to Turkey and the world began to see the danger. After the research in Munich, Switzerland and Romania, Nelson began to liquidate all the companies as quickly as possible: some of them (Computplus Ltd., G2 Systems Ltd., Gamma 2000 Ltd., Gamma 2000 Waste Management Ltd., Gamma International (UK) Ltd.) were liquidated in early February 2021 at the time of writing[101]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is no turning back<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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April 14, 2007: Over a million peaceful citizens protest against the abolition of freedom and against a regime that has turned their homeland into a hell of oppression, violence and misery. An exciting scene of humanity that could hardly be repeated<\/sub><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, that does not change the substance of things. Today, February 2021, the government and its intelligence agencies in at least 40 countries around the world, the vast majority of which are ruled by dictatorships, have in their hands software that not only goes beyond doomsday scenarios. described by George Orwell, but also from \"Brazil\" by Terry Gilliam: Now, a regime no longer needs to discover that someone is preparing a plot to isolate, torture, condemn and exterminate them. The state can create evidence with the click of a computer, using software that in a thousandth of a second will doom each one of us and implicate each of our loved ones in our destruction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a society where the alienation of the individual from the common context has already reached worrying proportions, the software developed and sold by a small handful of criminals totally unknown to the public has enabled humanity to embark on a path of no return: one where there is nothing more true and verifiable in which each of us must doubt who is around us, and even (and even more) ourselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The weakness and superficiality with which Western governments (especially the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom) have allowed this software to be distributed across the planet for purely selfish calculations is unforgivable and the sign that 75 years after the end of WWII, 30 years after the end of the cold war, and the fear of nuclear conflict when nature rebels against the foolish way we are destroying it, people have crossed the line ultimate \u2013 those in which the enemy who kills does not come from outside, but from within \u2013 and is inexorable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/65-in-yuzbinleri-6335051<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/6554851.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/laik-turkiye-icin-caglayan-a-6426626<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/3-miting-3-mesaj-6462629<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/izmir-rekor-bekliyor-6495436<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/turkey-used-german-spy-software-on-opposition-politicians-and-activists\/a-43787769<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/atalayar.com\/en\/content\/turkish-spy-networks-control-opponents<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-39416954<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.birgun.net\/haber\/iddia-pelikancilar-hakan-fidan-gitsin-diyor-283382<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trthaber.com\/haber\/gundem\/iletisim-baskanligi-berat-albayrakin-gorevden-af-talebi-kabul-edilmistir-529559.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/europe\/russia-accuses-president-erdogan-s-son-law-being-linked-isis-oil-trade-a6761436.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2016\/09\/turkey-redhackers-daunt-the-erdogan-family.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/thepressproject.gr\/exclusive-wikileaks-documents-relations-erdogan-isis-oil-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.duvarenglish.com\/sport\/2020\/02\/10\/politics-in-stadiums-fenerbahce-fans-urge-minister-albayrak-to-keep-hands-off-football<\/a> ; https:\/\/odatv4.com\/fenerbahceliler-damata-karsi-ayaga-kalkti-02022031.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> Intelligence Online, \u201cHakan Fidan close to ministerial promotion<\/em>\u201d, see in 2020.11.18 Hakan Fidan Minister<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkey-launches-project-to-train-1-million-software-developers-154081<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> 2017.04.13 T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mill%C3%AE_%C4%B0stihbarat_Te%C5%9Fkil%C3%A2t%C4%B1#Leitung<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> Hakan Fidan on Nexis, pages 57-60<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/t24.com.tr\/haber\/adanada-3-tir-durduruldu-arama-yapiliyor,248707<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> 1000 colpi di mortaio, 1000 colpi di artiglieria, 50\u2019000 fucili d'assalto e 30\u2019000 munizioni per mitragliatrice \u2013 see in https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529223636\/http:\/\/www.aktifhaber.com\/devlet-sirri-denilen-mit-tirlari-ile-ilgili-tapeler-1053377h.htm#<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.haber7.com\/guncel\/haber\/1121773-mit-tirlari-neden-durduruldu<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com.tr\/haber\/mit-tirlari-boyle-durduruldu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/bianet.org\/bianet\/insan-haklari\/155519-tir-lari-durdurmakla-suclanan-13-askere-muebbet-istendi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.milliyet.com.tr\/gundem\/mit-tirlari-olayinda-yeni-gelisme-5-savci-gorevden-uzaklastirildi-1999064<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/erdogandan-canli-yayinda-can-dundara-tehdit-288885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/www.faz.net\/aktuell\/politik\/ausland\/europa\/tuerkei\/tuerkei-kampf-gegen-die-soldaten-des-lichts-12715816.html?printPagedArticle=true#pageIndex_3<\/a> ; https:\/\/taz.de\/Wie-Guelen-zum-Staatsfeind-Nr-1-wurde\/!5323191\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.sabah.com.tr\/gundem\/2021\/02\/03\/son-dakika-istihbarattaki-fetocu-generalden-bomba-itiraflar-tegmen-rutbemi-fetullah-gulen-takti<\/a> ; https:\/\/tr.sputniknews.com\/turkiye\/202001211041211454-sozcu-ilker-basbugu-cezaevine-attiran-feto-mektubunu-acikliyoruz\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.genios.de\/presse-archiv\/artikel\/FAZ\/20171111\/jagd-auf-die-guelenisten\/FR1201711115279571.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nadir.org\/nadir\/initiativ\/isku\/hintergrund\/geheimdienste\/geheim994.htm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/tuerkischer-geheimdienst-liess-erdogan-gegner-in-deutschland-ausspionieren\/12027820.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article157778863\/Erdogans-Agenten-bedrohen-Tuerken-in-Deutschland.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.derstandard.at\/story\/1397522175727\/geheimdienst-staat-tuerkei<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2020\/09\/turkey-austria-spy-nehammer-kurdish-clashes-protests-vienna.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/austria-turkey-espionage-int-idUSKBN25S4R5<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/10\/13\/world\/europe\/turkey-austria-erdogan-assassin.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/global-europe\/news\/flemish-minister-turkish-sponosred-mosque-is-nest-of-spies\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/07\/06\/influenced-by-gulenists-belgium-targets-turkish-mosques-fighting-extremism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/erdogan-critics-listed-by-turkish-embassy-in-prague-were-included-in-bogus-terrorism-probe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turk-greek-ties-strained-by-arson-row-10324<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-greece-germany-spying\/greek-police-arrest-german-on-suspicion-of-spying-idUSBRE97208820130803<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kathimerini.gr\/society\/896001\/istories-me-kataskopoys-sto-aigaio\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.larissanet.gr\/2019\/06\/21\/dikazetai-sti-rodo-kataskopos-tis-tourkias\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/ahvalnews.com\/mit\/turkish-intelligence-recruits-eu-retirees-spy-greece<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/04\/turkish-intelligence-operations-targeting-critics-in-greece-exposed-in-secret-documents\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/intelnews.org\/2016\/12\/09\/01-2023\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/more-secret-documents-confirming-vast-turkish-espionage-activities-in-greece-uncovered\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.skai.gr\/news\/greece\/dyo-syllipseis-ellinon-gia-kataskopeia-sti-rodo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-kosovo-security-turkey-idUSKBN1H70CC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/opinion\/murat-yetkin\/turkish-intelligence-unveils-secret-codes-used-before-coup-attempt-103843<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2018\/09\/turkish-teachers-detained-moldova-gulen.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/balkaninsight.com\/2018\/09\/06\/six-turkish-professors-detained-by-moldovan-secret-services-09-06-2018\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/turkeypurge.com\/turkey-spying-imams-active-also-in-norway<\/a> ; https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/turkeys-autocratic-president-erdogans-spying-profiling-expands-in-norway\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/kafila.org\/www-matthewaid-com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/report-sweden-launches-espionage-probe-into-turkish-govt-representatives\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/politics\/undiplomatic_swiss-eye-alleged-turkish-kidnapping-attempt\/43973170<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/swiss-foreign-minister-warns-turkey-against-illegal-spying-111199<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/eu-affairs\/2017\/05\/01\/as-anti-turkish-politics-grip-europe-turkish-swiss-policeman-arrested<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-brings-key-feto-suspect-from-ukraine-to-turkey-134608<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.meforum.org\/60976\/turkish-spy-agency-mit-intelligence-gathering-australia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-egypt-court\/egypt-detains-29-people-on-suspicion-of-espionage-for-turkey-idUSKBN1DM1AN<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.egypttoday.com\/Article\/1\/33764\/In-Pictures-Egypt-foils-Turkish-espionage-attempt<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-agency-brings-three-feto-members-from-gabon-to-turkey-130050<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/turkey\/turkish-intelligence-agency-rescues-a-kidnapped-italian-citizen-in-kenya-36192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20190807-libyan-national-army-turkish-intelligence-is-operating-in-tripoli\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/11\/27\/senior-feto-figure-captured-by-turkish-intelligence-in-sudan\/amp<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/07\/turkish-diplomats-have-extensively-spied-on-critics-in-the-united-states\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/1101683.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intel-returns-wanted-feto-from-azerbaijan-140108<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/06\/turkish-diplomats-spy-on-erdogan-critics-in-georgia-secret-document-reveals\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2019\/04\/22\/4-pkk-terrorists-brought-to-turkey-from-iraq-in-operation-by-turkish-intelligence<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/news\/pkk-confirms-capture-two-turkish-spies-iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.presstv.com\/Detail\/2017\/08\/29\/533306\/PKK-Turkish-officers-spying-Iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.sabah.com.tr\/gundem\/2019\/07\/07\/son-dakika-teror-orgutu-pkkkcknin-sozde-baskanlik-konseyi-uyesi-diyar-garip-muhammed-etkisiz-hale-getirildi<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thedefensepost.com\/2018\/08\/15\/turkey-airstrike-pkk-sinjar-iraq\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/menafn.com\/1098975780\/Turkish-warplanes-neutralize-4-PKK-terrorists-In-Iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2019\/09\/16\/3-pkk-terrorists-neutralized-by-turkish-jets-in-northern-iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkey-neutralizes-senior-female-ypg-pkk-terrorist-150730<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/cellmate-teacher-abducted-by-turkeys-mit-from-malaysia-subjected-to-torture-in-ankara\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligences-captures-feto-suspect-in-malaysia-146188<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-mongolia-kidnapping-turkey-idUSKBN1KI03N<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/pakistan\/pakistan-admits-they-secretly-deported-turkish-family-wanted-by-erdogan-govt-4895423\/lite\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turkish_involvement_in_the_Syrian_civil_war<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/securityaffairs.co\/wordpress\/41169\/breaking-news\/finfisher-spyware-new-customers.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.business-humanrights.org\/en\/latest-news\/german-prosecutor-to-investigate-finfisher-for-allegedly-selling-spyware-used-against-journalists-and-activists-in-turkey-without-license\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.ecchr.eu\/en\/press-release\/german-prosecutor-opens-criminal-investiation-into-finfisher-for-selling-spyware-to-turkey-without-license\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reporter-ohne-grenzen.de\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/freiheitsrechte.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[60]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[61]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecchr.eu\/en\/about-us\/?L=2<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[62]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 4-5<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[63]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 6-7, page 12<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[64]<\/a> https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847361\/UK-NCP-initial-complaint-privacy-international-and-others-against-gamma-international-uk-ltd.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847362\/UK-NCP-Final-statement-complaint-Privacy-International-Gamma-International-UK-Ltd.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847364\/uk-ncp-follow-up-statement-privacy-international-gamma-international.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[65]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/privacy-international-complaint-to-uk-ncp-about-gamma-international-uk-ltd<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[66]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/finfisher-malicious-spyware-disguised-mozilla-firefox-discovered-36-countries-1233177<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[67]<\/a> https:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/home\/security-news\/finfisher-command-and-control-hubs-turn-up-in-11-new-countries\/<\/a> ; 2013.04.01 SC Magazine on FinFisher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[68]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/german-prosecutors-investigate-spyware-maker-finfisher\/a-50293812<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[69]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/2020\/unsere-strafanzeige-razzia-bei-staatstrojaner-firma-finfisher-in-muenchen\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[70]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/intelligence_privacy\/avira-lantivirus-comprato-dai-servizi-segreti-del-golfo-persico\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/blogs.mediapart.fr\/paolo-fusi\/blog\/260920\/le-hacker-militaire-qui-achete-avira<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[71]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/research\/2020\/09\/german-made-finspy-spyware-found-in-egypt-and-mac-and-linux-versions-revealed\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[72]<\/a> https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/BL-DGB-23568<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/technology\/apple\/8912714\/Apple-iTunes-flaw-allowed-government-spying-for-3-years.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/krebsonsecurity.com\/2011\/11\/apple-took-3-years-to-fix-finfisher-trojan-hole\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2012-07-25\/cyber-attacks-on-activists-traced-to-finfisher-spyware-of-gamma<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[75]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/tecnologia\/2015\/07\/12\/news\/segreti-concorrenza-e-fobie-tutti-i-punti-deboli-di-hacking-team-1.35241096<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[76]<\/a> https:\/\/citizenlab.ca\/2015\/10\/mapping-finfishers-continuing-proliferation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[77]<\/a> https:\/\/bigbrotherawards.de\/en\/2012\/technology-gamma-international<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[78]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/pdf\/gammagrouploutheannelsonwapenhandelaarspursang.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/slideum.com\/doc\/9973831\/gehele-observant-%2369--januari-2017-politie-mercenaries<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[79]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[81]<\/a> U.S. Department of Commerce, Industry and Trade Administration, \u201cCommercial News USA<\/em>\u201d, U.S. Foreign Commercial Service, Washington DC, 1979, page 38<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[82]<\/a> https:\/\/www.referenceforbusiness.com\/history2\/1\/CompuDyne-Corporation.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[83]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[84]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/hk\/0475615<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[85]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/02088610<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[86]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[87]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/01958854<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[88]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/05318642<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[89]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/06591222<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[90]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[91]<\/a> https:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/200809010266.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[92]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nti.org\/gsn\/article\/danish-man-charged-with-wmd-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[93]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[94]<\/a> Elaman AG Malans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[95]<\/a> Holger G\u00fcnther Rumscheidt Kirchberg in Tirol<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[96]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[97]<\/a> https:\/\/www.webcitation.org\/5k8f6XouC?url=http:\/\/www.zianet.com\/jpage\/Bad%20Aibling%20Station%20-%20A%20Legacy%20of%20Excellence.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/military.wikia.org\/wiki\/Bad_Aibling_Station<\/a> ; Gottfried Mayr, \u201cDas Kriegsgefangenenlager PWE No. 26: Bad Aibling 1945-1946 : Massenschicksal \u2013 Einzelschicksale\u201c, Bad Aibling: Hist. Verein Bad Aibling und Umgebung, Bald Aibling 2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[98]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[99]<\/a> James Bamford, \u201cBody of secrets: Anatomy of the ultra-secret NSA<\/em>\u201d, Anchor Books, New York, 2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[100]<\/a> https:\/\/www.europarl.europa.eu\/sides\/getDoc.do?pubRef=-\/\/EP\/\/TEXT+REPORT+A5-2001-0264+0+DOC+XML+V0\/\/EN<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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How FinFisher GmbH's FishSpy app works in Munich \u2013 the beating heart of MIT's Turkish spy system<\/sub><\/strong>[56]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The complex system of monitoring, hacking, interception and tampering necessary to monitor millions of people is no toy. NGOs from all over Europe are researching who developed such technology and found it in Germany \u2013 it is called FinSpy and is produced by three companies of the Gamma International group: FinFisher GmbH Munich, FinFisher Labs GmbH Munich and Elaman GmbH Munich. Four organizations were able to prove it to the German courts[57]<\/a>: Reporters Without Borders in Berlin (active throughout Europe, mainly concerned with press freedom[58]<\/a>), GFF Gesellschaft f\u00fcr Freiheitsrechte in Berlin (very active in monitoring illegal activities of the BND and other German secret services[59]<\/a>), Netzpolitik.org in Berlin (an online newspaper[60]<\/a>) and the European Center for the Constitution and Human Rights in Berlin[61]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Munich public prosecutor's office launches a criminal investigation based on the evidence presented by these NGOs: the aforementioned Bavarian companies have violated the foreign trade law on at least six points[62]<\/a> and have not only sold FinSpy to Turkey, but also to the governments of many other countries, including Bahrain, Egypt, Ethiopia, Libya, Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela[63]<\/a> \u2013 all countries which raise serious concerns about the democratic nature of the political system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The investigation revealed that these three companies were only originally one, Gamma International UK Ltd. Winchester, against whom an investigation opened in 2013 by the British judicial authorities was blocked[64]<\/a>, which would have put the company on the OECD blacklist at the end of 2016[65]<\/a> \u2013 a measure which prohibits anyone in the world from doing business with the group industrial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The British investigation was limited to the analysis of the sale of FinSpy to Bahrain, while the German investigation, accompanied by a large number of testimonies from victims of the terror of the Erdo\u011fan regime in Turkey and the abroad, goes much further and finds that FinSpy has been sold illegally in 36 countries[66]<\/a>, there are huge data centers in 11 countries[67]<\/a>, so it is now suspected that there are many more crimes hidden behind known facts[68]<\/a>. This is why the Munich prosecutor's office ordered a search of the premises of the Bavarian capital, but also of the Romanian branch of the Gamma International group, in October 2020[69]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is almost impossible to defend against FinSpy: the malware installs with fake updates disguised as official, via emails with fake attachments or through security holes in software \u2013 like Avira[70]<\/a> or iTunes from Apple \u2013 and then through the bogus platforms of the major search engines, Mac and Linux installations[71]<\/a>, email programs, social networks, websites for online shopping[72]<\/a>. Where Gamma International's malware fails, that of David Vincenzetti's[73]<\/a> hacking team[74]<\/a> is there. But this company is no longer there, Gamma has surpassed it, its founders are spread over many small companies[75]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who is behind the Chinese Boxen?<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In 2015, the Citizen Lab Institute in Toronto had identified 35 countries that illegally used the applications of the Gamma \/ FinFisher group<\/sub><\/strong>[76]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The investigation by the Munich prosecutor's office leaves a slightly bitter taste in the mouth: how is it possible that a complaint from four NGOs was necessary for investigation? It makes sense that the suspicion of hypocrisy arises, especially considering that the German Secret Service (BND) awarded Stephan Oelkers of Gamma International the Big Brother Awards in 2012, because Gamma was \"the world's best computer systems intrusion company. and installation of surveillance software<\/em> (...) Gamma offers its services on its website \u2013 although the development and distribution of this type of spyware is prohibited by German criminal law (Par. 282c StGB). However, this only applies to private customers, not sales to domestic authorities or the secret police of a foreign dictatorship. This is the reason why the Munich public prosecutor's office refused to initiate criminal proceedings against Gamma<\/em>\u201d[77]<\/a>. In short: everyone knew it all, but eight years ago the Munich prosecutor thought it was a trifle as long as this monstrous technology was being used by dictatorships to oppress their own people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To be precise, we know a lot about the illegal activities of this group since 1973 (when computers were toys and espionage involved infiltrating shady men into secret rooms using a document microfilming device. banned) of people scattered in the English countryside, in the port of Hamburg, in the Bavarian capital or in the slums of Cape Town. The story begins with a cable that the US Embassy in Bonn sent to federal authorities \u2013 a message reporting the suspicious activities of Hamburg-based Dutch electronics retailer Peter Kluever[78]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CIA decides to invest in this man, as does the German army. In 1981, his two companies PK Electronics and PKI Electronic Intelligence GmbH already had contracts with the US government. In 1983, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Abdullah Ibn Nasir IBn Abd al-Asis Al Sa'ud, visited Hamburg and the German generals showed him the effects of the use of Kluever technology on the efficiency and cadence of Leopard tanks fired \u2013 which the government of Moved Riyadh to acquire this technology[79]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1987, Oelkers flew to Beijing for a demonstration of its new chips and delighted the Chinese generals who have become part of its clientele[80]<\/a>. As part of the agreements signed with the United States, from 1985, Kluever sold very modern American spy technology (developed by the Ocean Applied Research Corporation in San Diego[81]<\/a> and distributed by the CompuDyne Corporation group in Pennsylvania[82]<\/a>) Muhammar Ghaddafi in Libya, Hafiz Al-Assad in Syria, Haji Mohammad Suharto in Indonesia \u2013 the three presidents use it to intercept phone calls and radio broadcasts from opponents, foreign armies and rebel groups[83]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As he grew older, Kluever sold his company (the PK Electronics Group in Hamburg) to two engineers, the German Stephan Oelkers and the Englishman William Louthean Nelson. The latter had started running the Beijing office in 1985 and had established his own company, Personal Protection Products Ltd. Hong Kong[84]<\/a> in 1992, which until 1994, through its subsidiary in Hull[85]<\/a>, sold listening devices used by the British secret services to fight the IRA in Ulster[86]<\/a>. When Kluever retires, PK Electronics will be passed on to William Nelson and his Louthean son John Alexander Nelson, the founders of the Gamma International Group[87]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The chart of the investments of the Gamma International Group as well as of associated persons and companies \u2013 \u00a9 IBI World Ltd. London<\/sub><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A new era is beginning in which the old wiretapping will soon be overcome and forgotten. The young Louthean begins to work with Niels J\u00f8rgen Tobiasen and his two companies: The CBRN Team Ltd. London[88]<\/a> and The Phoenix Hazard Training Ltd. Darlington[89]<\/a>. It is an industrial operation that arose out of a contract to supply chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapons to Uganda[90]<\/a> which was negotiated with a member of the government, Ananias Tumukunde, who had accepted a bribe of \u00a3 40,000[91]<\/a>. An operation that ended with the arrest of Tumukunde in Kampala and Tobiasen in London in July 2007[92]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During these years, Louthean Nelson also tried to facilitate a collaboration with the hacking team of David Vincenzetti: with one of the best hackers of the Milan group, Alberto Pelliccione, Nelson tried after a while to find a system. to hack Nokia devices \u2013 but Pelliccione changes his mind when he finds out Nelson has started delivering weapons to countries affected by international sanctions through a company that has now been liquidated, Cyan Engineering Services SAL Beirut[93]<\/a>. Something that Pelliccione wants nothing to do with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps even more surprising is the next business: Nelson founds Elaman and relocates some activities to Switzerland[94]<\/a> because he is once again doing business with his father's former partner, Stephan Oelkers. Oelkers convinced Nelson to move his operations center from Hamburg to Munich and to accept a new partner, Holger G\u00fcnther Rumscheidt. This should work with the Austrian secret service[95]<\/a> and attempt to take the Bad Aibling station back from the NSA (American Military Intelligence)[96]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is an imposing and extremely symbolic temptation: the Bad Aibling interception station was born in 1936 as a military airport and radar center of the Luftwaffe, and at the end of the war, the American army converted it into a camp transit for released prisoners of war and victims of National Socialist concentration camps. A very famous concentration camp that the writers G\u00fcnter Grass and Joseph Ratzinger (the future Pope Benedict XVI) passed through[97]<\/a>. From 1952 until the closure, requested by the European Union in 2001 and carried out in 2004 (officially, since the facility was still in operation in 2013[98]<\/a>), the NSA of Bad Aibling assembled its Echelon systems[99]<\/a> to intercept telephone communications of the entire planet[100]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The takeover of the NSA station would have been the dedication of Nelson and his employees to a company of global significance and almost unlimited power. Negotiations were not over when FinFisher started selling its FinSpy to Turkey and the world began to see the danger. After the research in Munich, Switzerland and Romania, Nelson began to liquidate all the companies as quickly as possible: some of them (Computplus Ltd., G2 Systems Ltd., Gamma 2000 Ltd., Gamma 2000 Waste Management Ltd., Gamma International (UK) Ltd.) were liquidated in early February 2021 at the time of writing[101]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is no turning back<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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April 14, 2007: Over a million peaceful citizens protest against the abolition of freedom and against a regime that has turned their homeland into a hell of oppression, violence and misery. An exciting scene of humanity that could hardly be repeated<\/sub><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, that does not change the substance of things. Today, February 2021, the government and its intelligence agencies in at least 40 countries around the world, the vast majority of which are ruled by dictatorships, have in their hands software that not only goes beyond doomsday scenarios. described by George Orwell, but also from \"Brazil\" by Terry Gilliam: Now, a regime no longer needs to discover that someone is preparing a plot to isolate, torture, condemn and exterminate them. The state can create evidence with the click of a computer, using software that in a thousandth of a second will doom each one of us and implicate each of our loved ones in our destruction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a society where the alienation of the individual from the common context has already reached worrying proportions, the software developed and sold by a small handful of criminals totally unknown to the public has enabled humanity to embark on a path of no return: one where there is nothing more true and verifiable in which each of us must doubt who is around us, and even (and even more) ourselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The weakness and superficiality with which Western governments (especially the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom) have allowed this software to be distributed across the planet for purely selfish calculations is unforgivable and the sign that 75 years after the end of WWII, 30 years after the end of the cold war, and the fear of nuclear conflict when nature rebels against the foolish way we are destroying it, people have crossed the line ultimate \u2013 those in which the enemy who kills does not come from outside, but from within \u2013 and is inexorable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/65-in-yuzbinleri-6335051<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/6554851.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/laik-turkiye-icin-caglayan-a-6426626<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/3-miting-3-mesaj-6462629<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/izmir-rekor-bekliyor-6495436<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/turkey-used-german-spy-software-on-opposition-politicians-and-activists\/a-43787769<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/atalayar.com\/en\/content\/turkish-spy-networks-control-opponents<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-39416954<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.birgun.net\/haber\/iddia-pelikancilar-hakan-fidan-gitsin-diyor-283382<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trthaber.com\/haber\/gundem\/iletisim-baskanligi-berat-albayrakin-gorevden-af-talebi-kabul-edilmistir-529559.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/europe\/russia-accuses-president-erdogan-s-son-law-being-linked-isis-oil-trade-a6761436.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2016\/09\/turkey-redhackers-daunt-the-erdogan-family.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/thepressproject.gr\/exclusive-wikileaks-documents-relations-erdogan-isis-oil-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.duvarenglish.com\/sport\/2020\/02\/10\/politics-in-stadiums-fenerbahce-fans-urge-minister-albayrak-to-keep-hands-off-football<\/a> ; https:\/\/odatv4.com\/fenerbahceliler-damata-karsi-ayaga-kalkti-02022031.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> Intelligence Online, \u201cHakan Fidan close to ministerial promotion<\/em>\u201d, see in 2020.11.18 Hakan Fidan Minister<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkey-launches-project-to-train-1-million-software-developers-154081<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> 2017.04.13 T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mill%C3%AE_%C4%B0stihbarat_Te%C5%9Fkil%C3%A2t%C4%B1#Leitung<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> Hakan Fidan on Nexis, pages 57-60<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/t24.com.tr\/haber\/adanada-3-tir-durduruldu-arama-yapiliyor,248707<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> 1000 colpi di mortaio, 1000 colpi di artiglieria, 50\u2019000 fucili d'assalto e 30\u2019000 munizioni per mitragliatrice \u2013 see in https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529223636\/http:\/\/www.aktifhaber.com\/devlet-sirri-denilen-mit-tirlari-ile-ilgili-tapeler-1053377h.htm#<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.haber7.com\/guncel\/haber\/1121773-mit-tirlari-neden-durduruldu<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com.tr\/haber\/mit-tirlari-boyle-durduruldu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/bianet.org\/bianet\/insan-haklari\/155519-tir-lari-durdurmakla-suclanan-13-askere-muebbet-istendi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.milliyet.com.tr\/gundem\/mit-tirlari-olayinda-yeni-gelisme-5-savci-gorevden-uzaklastirildi-1999064<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/erdogandan-canli-yayinda-can-dundara-tehdit-288885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/www.faz.net\/aktuell\/politik\/ausland\/europa\/tuerkei\/tuerkei-kampf-gegen-die-soldaten-des-lichts-12715816.html?printPagedArticle=true#pageIndex_3<\/a> ; https:\/\/taz.de\/Wie-Guelen-zum-Staatsfeind-Nr-1-wurde\/!5323191\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.sabah.com.tr\/gundem\/2021\/02\/03\/son-dakika-istihbarattaki-fetocu-generalden-bomba-itiraflar-tegmen-rutbemi-fetullah-gulen-takti<\/a> ; https:\/\/tr.sputniknews.com\/turkiye\/202001211041211454-sozcu-ilker-basbugu-cezaevine-attiran-feto-mektubunu-acikliyoruz\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.genios.de\/presse-archiv\/artikel\/FAZ\/20171111\/jagd-auf-die-guelenisten\/FR1201711115279571.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nadir.org\/nadir\/initiativ\/isku\/hintergrund\/geheimdienste\/geheim994.htm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/tuerkischer-geheimdienst-liess-erdogan-gegner-in-deutschland-ausspionieren\/12027820.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article157778863\/Erdogans-Agenten-bedrohen-Tuerken-in-Deutschland.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.derstandard.at\/story\/1397522175727\/geheimdienst-staat-tuerkei<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2020\/09\/turkey-austria-spy-nehammer-kurdish-clashes-protests-vienna.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/austria-turkey-espionage-int-idUSKBN25S4R5<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/10\/13\/world\/europe\/turkey-austria-erdogan-assassin.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/global-europe\/news\/flemish-minister-turkish-sponosred-mosque-is-nest-of-spies\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/07\/06\/influenced-by-gulenists-belgium-targets-turkish-mosques-fighting-extremism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/erdogan-critics-listed-by-turkish-embassy-in-prague-were-included-in-bogus-terrorism-probe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turk-greek-ties-strained-by-arson-row-10324<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-greece-germany-spying\/greek-police-arrest-german-on-suspicion-of-spying-idUSBRE97208820130803<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kathimerini.gr\/society\/896001\/istories-me-kataskopoys-sto-aigaio\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.larissanet.gr\/2019\/06\/21\/dikazetai-sti-rodo-kataskopos-tis-tourkias\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/ahvalnews.com\/mit\/turkish-intelligence-recruits-eu-retirees-spy-greece<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/04\/turkish-intelligence-operations-targeting-critics-in-greece-exposed-in-secret-documents\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/intelnews.org\/2016\/12\/09\/01-2023\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/more-secret-documents-confirming-vast-turkish-espionage-activities-in-greece-uncovered\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.skai.gr\/news\/greece\/dyo-syllipseis-ellinon-gia-kataskopeia-sti-rodo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-kosovo-security-turkey-idUSKBN1H70CC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/opinion\/murat-yetkin\/turkish-intelligence-unveils-secret-codes-used-before-coup-attempt-103843<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2018\/09\/turkish-teachers-detained-moldova-gulen.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/balkaninsight.com\/2018\/09\/06\/six-turkish-professors-detained-by-moldovan-secret-services-09-06-2018\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/turkeypurge.com\/turkey-spying-imams-active-also-in-norway<\/a> ; https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/turkeys-autocratic-president-erdogans-spying-profiling-expands-in-norway\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/kafila.org\/www-matthewaid-com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/report-sweden-launches-espionage-probe-into-turkish-govt-representatives\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/politics\/undiplomatic_swiss-eye-alleged-turkish-kidnapping-attempt\/43973170<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/swiss-foreign-minister-warns-turkey-against-illegal-spying-111199<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/eu-affairs\/2017\/05\/01\/as-anti-turkish-politics-grip-europe-turkish-swiss-policeman-arrested<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-brings-key-feto-suspect-from-ukraine-to-turkey-134608<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[66]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/finfisher-malicious-spyware-disguised-mozilla-firefox-discovered-36-countries-1233177<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[67]<\/a> https:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/home\/security-news\/finfisher-command-and-control-hubs-turn-up-in-11-new-countries\/<\/a> ; 2013.04.01 SC Magazine on FinFisher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[68]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/german-prosecutors-investigate-spyware-maker-finfisher\/a-50293812<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[69]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/2020\/unsere-strafanzeige-razzia-bei-staatstrojaner-firma-finfisher-in-muenchen\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[71]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/research\/2020\/09\/german-made-finspy-spyware-found-in-egypt-and-mac-and-linux-versions-revealed\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[76]<\/a> https:\/\/citizenlab.ca\/2015\/10\/mapping-finfishers-continuing-proliferation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[77]<\/a> https:\/\/bigbrotherawards.de\/en\/2012\/technology-gamma-international<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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How FinFisher GmbH's FishSpy app works in Munich \u2013 the beating heart of MIT's Turkish spy system<\/sub><\/strong>[56]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The complex system of monitoring, hacking, interception and tampering necessary to monitor millions of people is no toy. NGOs from all over Europe are researching who developed such technology and found it in Germany \u2013 it is called FinSpy and is produced by three companies of the Gamma International group: FinFisher GmbH Munich, FinFisher Labs GmbH Munich and Elaman GmbH Munich. Four organizations were able to prove it to the German courts[57]<\/a>: Reporters Without Borders in Berlin (active throughout Europe, mainly concerned with press freedom[58]<\/a>), GFF Gesellschaft f\u00fcr Freiheitsrechte in Berlin (very active in monitoring illegal activities of the BND and other German secret services[59]<\/a>), Netzpolitik.org in Berlin (an online newspaper[60]<\/a>) and the European Center for the Constitution and Human Rights in Berlin[61]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Munich public prosecutor's office launches a criminal investigation based on the evidence presented by these NGOs: the aforementioned Bavarian companies have violated the foreign trade law on at least six points[62]<\/a> and have not only sold FinSpy to Turkey, but also to the governments of many other countries, including Bahrain, Egypt, Ethiopia, Libya, Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela[63]<\/a> \u2013 all countries which raise serious concerns about the democratic nature of the political system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The investigation revealed that these three companies were only originally one, Gamma International UK Ltd. Winchester, against whom an investigation opened in 2013 by the British judicial authorities was blocked[64]<\/a>, which would have put the company on the OECD blacklist at the end of 2016[65]<\/a> \u2013 a measure which prohibits anyone in the world from doing business with the group industrial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The British investigation was limited to the analysis of the sale of FinSpy to Bahrain, while the German investigation, accompanied by a large number of testimonies from victims of the terror of the Erdo\u011fan regime in Turkey and the abroad, goes much further and finds that FinSpy has been sold illegally in 36 countries[66]<\/a>, there are huge data centers in 11 countries[67]<\/a>, so it is now suspected that there are many more crimes hidden behind known facts[68]<\/a>. This is why the Munich prosecutor's office ordered a search of the premises of the Bavarian capital, but also of the Romanian branch of the Gamma International group, in October 2020[69]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is almost impossible to defend against FinSpy: the malware installs with fake updates disguised as official, via emails with fake attachments or through security holes in software \u2013 like Avira[70]<\/a> or iTunes from Apple \u2013 and then through the bogus platforms of the major search engines, Mac and Linux installations[71]<\/a>, email programs, social networks, websites for online shopping[72]<\/a>. Where Gamma International's malware fails, that of David Vincenzetti's[73]<\/a> hacking team[74]<\/a> is there. But this company is no longer there, Gamma has surpassed it, its founders are spread over many small companies[75]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who is behind the Chinese Boxen?<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In 2015, the Citizen Lab Institute in Toronto had identified 35 countries that illegally used the applications of the Gamma \/ FinFisher group<\/sub><\/strong>[76]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The investigation by the Munich prosecutor's office leaves a slightly bitter taste in the mouth: how is it possible that a complaint from four NGOs was necessary for investigation? It makes sense that the suspicion of hypocrisy arises, especially considering that the German Secret Service (BND) awarded Stephan Oelkers of Gamma International the Big Brother Awards in 2012, because Gamma was \"the world's best computer systems intrusion company. and installation of surveillance software<\/em> (...) Gamma offers its services on its website \u2013 although the development and distribution of this type of spyware is prohibited by German criminal law (Par. 282c StGB). However, this only applies to private customers, not sales to domestic authorities or the secret police of a foreign dictatorship. This is the reason why the Munich public prosecutor's office refused to initiate criminal proceedings against Gamma<\/em>\u201d[77]<\/a>. In short: everyone knew it all, but eight years ago the Munich prosecutor thought it was a trifle as long as this monstrous technology was being used by dictatorships to oppress their own people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To be precise, we know a lot about the illegal activities of this group since 1973 (when computers were toys and espionage involved infiltrating shady men into secret rooms using a document microfilming device. banned) of people scattered in the English countryside, in the port of Hamburg, in the Bavarian capital or in the slums of Cape Town. The story begins with a cable that the US Embassy in Bonn sent to federal authorities \u2013 a message reporting the suspicious activities of Hamburg-based Dutch electronics retailer Peter Kluever[78]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CIA decides to invest in this man, as does the German army. In 1981, his two companies PK Electronics and PKI Electronic Intelligence GmbH already had contracts with the US government. In 1983, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Abdullah Ibn Nasir IBn Abd al-Asis Al Sa'ud, visited Hamburg and the German generals showed him the effects of the use of Kluever technology on the efficiency and cadence of Leopard tanks fired \u2013 which the government of Moved Riyadh to acquire this technology[79]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1987, Oelkers flew to Beijing for a demonstration of its new chips and delighted the Chinese generals who have become part of its clientele[80]<\/a>. As part of the agreements signed with the United States, from 1985, Kluever sold very modern American spy technology (developed by the Ocean Applied Research Corporation in San Diego[81]<\/a> and distributed by the CompuDyne Corporation group in Pennsylvania[82]<\/a>) Muhammar Ghaddafi in Libya, Hafiz Al-Assad in Syria, Haji Mohammad Suharto in Indonesia \u2013 the three presidents use it to intercept phone calls and radio broadcasts from opponents, foreign armies and rebel groups[83]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As he grew older, Kluever sold his company (the PK Electronics Group in Hamburg) to two engineers, the German Stephan Oelkers and the Englishman William Louthean Nelson. The latter had started running the Beijing office in 1985 and had established his own company, Personal Protection Products Ltd. Hong Kong[84]<\/a> in 1992, which until 1994, through its subsidiary in Hull[85]<\/a>, sold listening devices used by the British secret services to fight the IRA in Ulster[86]<\/a>. When Kluever retires, PK Electronics will be passed on to William Nelson and his Louthean son John Alexander Nelson, the founders of the Gamma International Group[87]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The chart of the investments of the Gamma International Group as well as of associated persons and companies \u2013 \u00a9 IBI World Ltd. London<\/sub><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A new era is beginning in which the old wiretapping will soon be overcome and forgotten. The young Louthean begins to work with Niels J\u00f8rgen Tobiasen and his two companies: The CBRN Team Ltd. London[88]<\/a> and The Phoenix Hazard Training Ltd. Darlington[89]<\/a>. It is an industrial operation that arose out of a contract to supply chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapons to Uganda[90]<\/a> which was negotiated with a member of the government, Ananias Tumukunde, who had accepted a bribe of \u00a3 40,000[91]<\/a>. An operation that ended with the arrest of Tumukunde in Kampala and Tobiasen in London in July 2007[92]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During these years, Louthean Nelson also tried to facilitate a collaboration with the hacking team of David Vincenzetti: with one of the best hackers of the Milan group, Alberto Pelliccione, Nelson tried after a while to find a system. to hack Nokia devices \u2013 but Pelliccione changes his mind when he finds out Nelson has started delivering weapons to countries affected by international sanctions through a company that has now been liquidated, Cyan Engineering Services SAL Beirut[93]<\/a>. Something that Pelliccione wants nothing to do with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps even more surprising is the next business: Nelson founds Elaman and relocates some activities to Switzerland[94]<\/a> because he is once again doing business with his father's former partner, Stephan Oelkers. Oelkers convinced Nelson to move his operations center from Hamburg to Munich and to accept a new partner, Holger G\u00fcnther Rumscheidt. This should work with the Austrian secret service[95]<\/a> and attempt to take the Bad Aibling station back from the NSA (American Military Intelligence)[96]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is an imposing and extremely symbolic temptation: the Bad Aibling interception station was born in 1936 as a military airport and radar center of the Luftwaffe, and at the end of the war, the American army converted it into a camp transit for released prisoners of war and victims of National Socialist concentration camps. A very famous concentration camp that the writers G\u00fcnter Grass and Joseph Ratzinger (the future Pope Benedict XVI) passed through[97]<\/a>. From 1952 until the closure, requested by the European Union in 2001 and carried out in 2004 (officially, since the facility was still in operation in 2013[98]<\/a>), the NSA of Bad Aibling assembled its Echelon systems[99]<\/a> to intercept telephone communications of the entire planet[100]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The takeover of the NSA station would have been the dedication of Nelson and his employees to a company of global significance and almost unlimited power. Negotiations were not over when FinFisher started selling its FinSpy to Turkey and the world began to see the danger. After the research in Munich, Switzerland and Romania, Nelson began to liquidate all the companies as quickly as possible: some of them (Computplus Ltd., G2 Systems Ltd., Gamma 2000 Ltd., Gamma 2000 Waste Management Ltd., Gamma International (UK) Ltd.) were liquidated in early February 2021 at the time of writing[101]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is no turning back<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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April 14, 2007: Over a million peaceful citizens protest against the abolition of freedom and against a regime that has turned their homeland into a hell of oppression, violence and misery. An exciting scene of humanity that could hardly be repeated<\/sub><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, that does not change the substance of things. Today, February 2021, the government and its intelligence agencies in at least 40 countries around the world, the vast majority of which are ruled by dictatorships, have in their hands software that not only goes beyond doomsday scenarios. described by George Orwell, but also from \"Brazil\" by Terry Gilliam: Now, a regime no longer needs to discover that someone is preparing a plot to isolate, torture, condemn and exterminate them. The state can create evidence with the click of a computer, using software that in a thousandth of a second will doom each one of us and implicate each of our loved ones in our destruction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a society where the alienation of the individual from the common context has already reached worrying proportions, the software developed and sold by a small handful of criminals totally unknown to the public has enabled humanity to embark on a path of no return: one where there is nothing more true and verifiable in which each of us must doubt who is around us, and even (and even more) ourselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The weakness and superficiality with which Western governments (especially the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom) have allowed this software to be distributed across the planet for purely selfish calculations is unforgivable and the sign that 75 years after the end of WWII, 30 years after the end of the cold war, and the fear of nuclear conflict when nature rebels against the foolish way we are destroying it, people have crossed the line ultimate \u2013 those in which the enemy who kills does not come from outside, but from within \u2013 and is inexorable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/65-in-yuzbinleri-6335051<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/6554851.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/laik-turkiye-icin-caglayan-a-6426626<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/3-miting-3-mesaj-6462629<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/izmir-rekor-bekliyor-6495436<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/turkey-used-german-spy-software-on-opposition-politicians-and-activists\/a-43787769<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/atalayar.com\/en\/content\/turkish-spy-networks-control-opponents<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-39416954<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.birgun.net\/haber\/iddia-pelikancilar-hakan-fidan-gitsin-diyor-283382<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trthaber.com\/haber\/gundem\/iletisim-baskanligi-berat-albayrakin-gorevden-af-talebi-kabul-edilmistir-529559.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/europe\/russia-accuses-president-erdogan-s-son-law-being-linked-isis-oil-trade-a6761436.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2016\/09\/turkey-redhackers-daunt-the-erdogan-family.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/thepressproject.gr\/exclusive-wikileaks-documents-relations-erdogan-isis-oil-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.duvarenglish.com\/sport\/2020\/02\/10\/politics-in-stadiums-fenerbahce-fans-urge-minister-albayrak-to-keep-hands-off-football<\/a> ; https:\/\/odatv4.com\/fenerbahceliler-damata-karsi-ayaga-kalkti-02022031.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> Intelligence Online, \u201cHakan Fidan close to ministerial promotion<\/em>\u201d, see in 2020.11.18 Hakan Fidan Minister<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkey-launches-project-to-train-1-million-software-developers-154081<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> 2017.04.13 T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mill%C3%AE_%C4%B0stihbarat_Te%C5%9Fkil%C3%A2t%C4%B1#Leitung<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> Hakan Fidan on Nexis, pages 57-60<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/t24.com.tr\/haber\/adanada-3-tir-durduruldu-arama-yapiliyor,248707<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> 1000 colpi di mortaio, 1000 colpi di artiglieria, 50\u2019000 fucili d'assalto e 30\u2019000 munizioni per mitragliatrice \u2013 see in https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529223636\/http:\/\/www.aktifhaber.com\/devlet-sirri-denilen-mit-tirlari-ile-ilgili-tapeler-1053377h.htm#<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.haber7.com\/guncel\/haber\/1121773-mit-tirlari-neden-durduruldu<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com.tr\/haber\/mit-tirlari-boyle-durduruldu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/bianet.org\/bianet\/insan-haklari\/155519-tir-lari-durdurmakla-suclanan-13-askere-muebbet-istendi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.milliyet.com.tr\/gundem\/mit-tirlari-olayinda-yeni-gelisme-5-savci-gorevden-uzaklastirildi-1999064<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/erdogandan-canli-yayinda-can-dundara-tehdit-288885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/www.faz.net\/aktuell\/politik\/ausland\/europa\/tuerkei\/tuerkei-kampf-gegen-die-soldaten-des-lichts-12715816.html?printPagedArticle=true#pageIndex_3<\/a> ; https:\/\/taz.de\/Wie-Guelen-zum-Staatsfeind-Nr-1-wurde\/!5323191\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.sabah.com.tr\/gundem\/2021\/02\/03\/son-dakika-istihbarattaki-fetocu-generalden-bomba-itiraflar-tegmen-rutbemi-fetullah-gulen-takti<\/a> ; https:\/\/tr.sputniknews.com\/turkiye\/202001211041211454-sozcu-ilker-basbugu-cezaevine-attiran-feto-mektubunu-acikliyoruz\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.genios.de\/presse-archiv\/artikel\/FAZ\/20171111\/jagd-auf-die-guelenisten\/FR1201711115279571.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nadir.org\/nadir\/initiativ\/isku\/hintergrund\/geheimdienste\/geheim994.htm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/tuerkischer-geheimdienst-liess-erdogan-gegner-in-deutschland-ausspionieren\/12027820.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article157778863\/Erdogans-Agenten-bedrohen-Tuerken-in-Deutschland.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.derstandard.at\/story\/1397522175727\/geheimdienst-staat-tuerkei<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2020\/09\/turkey-austria-spy-nehammer-kurdish-clashes-protests-vienna.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/austria-turkey-espionage-int-idUSKBN25S4R5<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/10\/13\/world\/europe\/turkey-austria-erdogan-assassin.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/global-europe\/news\/flemish-minister-turkish-sponosred-mosque-is-nest-of-spies\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/07\/06\/influenced-by-gulenists-belgium-targets-turkish-mosques-fighting-extremism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/erdogan-critics-listed-by-turkish-embassy-in-prague-were-included-in-bogus-terrorism-probe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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German technology for Erdo\u011fan's torturer<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How FinFisher GmbH's FishSpy app works in Munich \u2013 the beating heart of MIT's Turkish spy system<\/sub><\/strong>[56]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The complex system of monitoring, hacking, interception and tampering necessary to monitor millions of people is no toy. NGOs from all over Europe are researching who developed such technology and found it in Germany \u2013 it is called FinSpy and is produced by three companies of the Gamma International group: FinFisher GmbH Munich, FinFisher Labs GmbH Munich and Elaman GmbH Munich. Four organizations were able to prove it to the German courts[57]<\/a>: Reporters Without Borders in Berlin (active throughout Europe, mainly concerned with press freedom[58]<\/a>), GFF Gesellschaft f\u00fcr Freiheitsrechte in Berlin (very active in monitoring illegal activities of the BND and other German secret services[59]<\/a>), Netzpolitik.org in Berlin (an online newspaper[60]<\/a>) and the European Center for the Constitution and Human Rights in Berlin[61]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Munich public prosecutor's office launches a criminal investigation based on the evidence presented by these NGOs: the aforementioned Bavarian companies have violated the foreign trade law on at least six points[62]<\/a> and have not only sold FinSpy to Turkey, but also to the governments of many other countries, including Bahrain, Egypt, Ethiopia, Libya, Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela[63]<\/a> \u2013 all countries which raise serious concerns about the democratic nature of the political system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The investigation revealed that these three companies were only originally one, Gamma International UK Ltd. Winchester, against whom an investigation opened in 2013 by the British judicial authorities was blocked[64]<\/a>, which would have put the company on the OECD blacklist at the end of 2016[65]<\/a> \u2013 a measure which prohibits anyone in the world from doing business with the group industrial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The British investigation was limited to the analysis of the sale of FinSpy to Bahrain, while the German investigation, accompanied by a large number of testimonies from victims of the terror of the Erdo\u011fan regime in Turkey and the abroad, goes much further and finds that FinSpy has been sold illegally in 36 countries[66]<\/a>, there are huge data centers in 11 countries[67]<\/a>, so it is now suspected that there are many more crimes hidden behind known facts[68]<\/a>. This is why the Munich prosecutor's office ordered a search of the premises of the Bavarian capital, but also of the Romanian branch of the Gamma International group, in October 2020[69]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is almost impossible to defend against FinSpy: the malware installs with fake updates disguised as official, via emails with fake attachments or through security holes in software \u2013 like Avira[70]<\/a> or iTunes from Apple \u2013 and then through the bogus platforms of the major search engines, Mac and Linux installations[71]<\/a>, email programs, social networks, websites for online shopping[72]<\/a>. Where Gamma International's malware fails, that of David Vincenzetti's[73]<\/a> hacking team[74]<\/a> is there. But this company is no longer there, Gamma has surpassed it, its founders are spread over many small companies[75]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who is behind the Chinese Boxen?<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In 2015, the Citizen Lab Institute in Toronto had identified 35 countries that illegally used the applications of the Gamma \/ FinFisher group<\/sub><\/strong>[76]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The investigation by the Munich prosecutor's office leaves a slightly bitter taste in the mouth: how is it possible that a complaint from four NGOs was necessary for investigation? It makes sense that the suspicion of hypocrisy arises, especially considering that the German Secret Service (BND) awarded Stephan Oelkers of Gamma International the Big Brother Awards in 2012, because Gamma was \"the world's best computer systems intrusion company. and installation of surveillance software<\/em> (...) Gamma offers its services on its website \u2013 although the development and distribution of this type of spyware is prohibited by German criminal law (Par. 282c StGB). However, this only applies to private customers, not sales to domestic authorities or the secret police of a foreign dictatorship. This is the reason why the Munich public prosecutor's office refused to initiate criminal proceedings against Gamma<\/em>\u201d[77]<\/a>. In short: everyone knew it all, but eight years ago the Munich prosecutor thought it was a trifle as long as this monstrous technology was being used by dictatorships to oppress their own people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To be precise, we know a lot about the illegal activities of this group since 1973 (when computers were toys and espionage involved infiltrating shady men into secret rooms using a document microfilming device. banned) of people scattered in the English countryside, in the port of Hamburg, in the Bavarian capital or in the slums of Cape Town. The story begins with a cable that the US Embassy in Bonn sent to federal authorities \u2013 a message reporting the suspicious activities of Hamburg-based Dutch electronics retailer Peter Kluever[78]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CIA decides to invest in this man, as does the German army. In 1981, his two companies PK Electronics and PKI Electronic Intelligence GmbH already had contracts with the US government. In 1983, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Abdullah Ibn Nasir IBn Abd al-Asis Al Sa'ud, visited Hamburg and the German generals showed him the effects of the use of Kluever technology on the efficiency and cadence of Leopard tanks fired \u2013 which the government of Moved Riyadh to acquire this technology[79]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1987, Oelkers flew to Beijing for a demonstration of its new chips and delighted the Chinese generals who have become part of its clientele[80]<\/a>. As part of the agreements signed with the United States, from 1985, Kluever sold very modern American spy technology (developed by the Ocean Applied Research Corporation in San Diego[81]<\/a> and distributed by the CompuDyne Corporation group in Pennsylvania[82]<\/a>) Muhammar Ghaddafi in Libya, Hafiz Al-Assad in Syria, Haji Mohammad Suharto in Indonesia \u2013 the three presidents use it to intercept phone calls and radio broadcasts from opponents, foreign armies and rebel groups[83]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As he grew older, Kluever sold his company (the PK Electronics Group in Hamburg) to two engineers, the German Stephan Oelkers and the Englishman William Louthean Nelson. The latter had started running the Beijing office in 1985 and had established his own company, Personal Protection Products Ltd. Hong Kong[84]<\/a> in 1992, which until 1994, through its subsidiary in Hull[85]<\/a>, sold listening devices used by the British secret services to fight the IRA in Ulster[86]<\/a>. When Kluever retires, PK Electronics will be passed on to William Nelson and his Louthean son John Alexander Nelson, the founders of the Gamma International Group[87]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The chart of the investments of the Gamma International Group as well as of associated persons and companies \u2013 \u00a9 IBI World Ltd. London<\/sub><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A new era is beginning in which the old wiretapping will soon be overcome and forgotten. The young Louthean begins to work with Niels J\u00f8rgen Tobiasen and his two companies: The CBRN Team Ltd. London[88]<\/a> and The Phoenix Hazard Training Ltd. Darlington[89]<\/a>. It is an industrial operation that arose out of a contract to supply chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapons to Uganda[90]<\/a> which was negotiated with a member of the government, Ananias Tumukunde, who had accepted a bribe of \u00a3 40,000[91]<\/a>. An operation that ended with the arrest of Tumukunde in Kampala and Tobiasen in London in July 2007[92]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During these years, Louthean Nelson also tried to facilitate a collaboration with the hacking team of David Vincenzetti: with one of the best hackers of the Milan group, Alberto Pelliccione, Nelson tried after a while to find a system. to hack Nokia devices \u2013 but Pelliccione changes his mind when he finds out Nelson has started delivering weapons to countries affected by international sanctions through a company that has now been liquidated, Cyan Engineering Services SAL Beirut[93]<\/a>. Something that Pelliccione wants nothing to do with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps even more surprising is the next business: Nelson founds Elaman and relocates some activities to Switzerland[94]<\/a> because he is once again doing business with his father's former partner, Stephan Oelkers. Oelkers convinced Nelson to move his operations center from Hamburg to Munich and to accept a new partner, Holger G\u00fcnther Rumscheidt. This should work with the Austrian secret service[95]<\/a> and attempt to take the Bad Aibling station back from the NSA (American Military Intelligence)[96]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is an imposing and extremely symbolic temptation: the Bad Aibling interception station was born in 1936 as a military airport and radar center of the Luftwaffe, and at the end of the war, the American army converted it into a camp transit for released prisoners of war and victims of National Socialist concentration camps. A very famous concentration camp that the writers G\u00fcnter Grass and Joseph Ratzinger (the future Pope Benedict XVI) passed through[97]<\/a>. From 1952 until the closure, requested by the European Union in 2001 and carried out in 2004 (officially, since the facility was still in operation in 2013[98]<\/a>), the NSA of Bad Aibling assembled its Echelon systems[99]<\/a> to intercept telephone communications of the entire planet[100]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The takeover of the NSA station would have been the dedication of Nelson and his employees to a company of global significance and almost unlimited power. Negotiations were not over when FinFisher started selling its FinSpy to Turkey and the world began to see the danger. After the research in Munich, Switzerland and Romania, Nelson began to liquidate all the companies as quickly as possible: some of them (Computplus Ltd., G2 Systems Ltd., Gamma 2000 Ltd., Gamma 2000 Waste Management Ltd., Gamma International (UK) Ltd.) were liquidated in early February 2021 at the time of writing[101]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is no turning back<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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April 14, 2007: Over a million peaceful citizens protest against the abolition of freedom and against a regime that has turned their homeland into a hell of oppression, violence and misery. An exciting scene of humanity that could hardly be repeated<\/sub><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, that does not change the substance of things. Today, February 2021, the government and its intelligence agencies in at least 40 countries around the world, the vast majority of which are ruled by dictatorships, have in their hands software that not only goes beyond doomsday scenarios. described by George Orwell, but also from \"Brazil\" by Terry Gilliam: Now, a regime no longer needs to discover that someone is preparing a plot to isolate, torture, condemn and exterminate them. The state can create evidence with the click of a computer, using software that in a thousandth of a second will doom each one of us and implicate each of our loved ones in our destruction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a society where the alienation of the individual from the common context has already reached worrying proportions, the software developed and sold by a small handful of criminals totally unknown to the public has enabled humanity to embark on a path of no return: one where there is nothing more true and verifiable in which each of us must doubt who is around us, and even (and even more) ourselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The weakness and superficiality with which Western governments (especially the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom) have allowed this software to be distributed across the planet for purely selfish calculations is unforgivable and the sign that 75 years after the end of WWII, 30 years after the end of the cold war, and the fear of nuclear conflict when nature rebels against the foolish way we are destroying it, people have crossed the line ultimate \u2013 those in which the enemy who kills does not come from outside, but from within \u2013 and is inexorable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/65-in-yuzbinleri-6335051<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/6554851.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/laik-turkiye-icin-caglayan-a-6426626<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/3-miting-3-mesaj-6462629<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/izmir-rekor-bekliyor-6495436<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/turkey-used-german-spy-software-on-opposition-politicians-and-activists\/a-43787769<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/atalayar.com\/en\/content\/turkish-spy-networks-control-opponents<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-39416954<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.birgun.net\/haber\/iddia-pelikancilar-hakan-fidan-gitsin-diyor-283382<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trthaber.com\/haber\/gundem\/iletisim-baskanligi-berat-albayrakin-gorevden-af-talebi-kabul-edilmistir-529559.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/europe\/russia-accuses-president-erdogan-s-son-law-being-linked-isis-oil-trade-a6761436.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2016\/09\/turkey-redhackers-daunt-the-erdogan-family.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/thepressproject.gr\/exclusive-wikileaks-documents-relations-erdogan-isis-oil-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.duvarenglish.com\/sport\/2020\/02\/10\/politics-in-stadiums-fenerbahce-fans-urge-minister-albayrak-to-keep-hands-off-football<\/a> ; https:\/\/odatv4.com\/fenerbahceliler-damata-karsi-ayaga-kalkti-02022031.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> Intelligence Online, \u201cHakan Fidan close to ministerial promotion<\/em>\u201d, see in 2020.11.18 Hakan Fidan Minister<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkey-launches-project-to-train-1-million-software-developers-154081<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> 2017.04.13 T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mill%C3%AE_%C4%B0stihbarat_Te%C5%9Fkil%C3%A2t%C4%B1#Leitung<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> Hakan Fidan on Nexis, pages 57-60<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/t24.com.tr\/haber\/adanada-3-tir-durduruldu-arama-yapiliyor,248707<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> 1000 colpi di mortaio, 1000 colpi di artiglieria, 50\u2019000 fucili d'assalto e 30\u2019000 munizioni per mitragliatrice \u2013 see in https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529223636\/http:\/\/www.aktifhaber.com\/devlet-sirri-denilen-mit-tirlari-ile-ilgili-tapeler-1053377h.htm#<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.haber7.com\/guncel\/haber\/1121773-mit-tirlari-neden-durduruldu<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com.tr\/haber\/mit-tirlari-boyle-durduruldu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/bianet.org\/bianet\/insan-haklari\/155519-tir-lari-durdurmakla-suclanan-13-askere-muebbet-istendi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.milliyet.com.tr\/gundem\/mit-tirlari-olayinda-yeni-gelisme-5-savci-gorevden-uzaklastirildi-1999064<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/erdogandan-canli-yayinda-can-dundara-tehdit-288885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/www.faz.net\/aktuell\/politik\/ausland\/europa\/tuerkei\/tuerkei-kampf-gegen-die-soldaten-des-lichts-12715816.html?printPagedArticle=true#pageIndex_3<\/a> ; https:\/\/taz.de\/Wie-Guelen-zum-Staatsfeind-Nr-1-wurde\/!5323191\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.sabah.com.tr\/gundem\/2021\/02\/03\/son-dakika-istihbarattaki-fetocu-generalden-bomba-itiraflar-tegmen-rutbemi-fetullah-gulen-takti<\/a> ; https:\/\/tr.sputniknews.com\/turkiye\/202001211041211454-sozcu-ilker-basbugu-cezaevine-attiran-feto-mektubunu-acikliyoruz\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.genios.de\/presse-archiv\/artikel\/FAZ\/20171111\/jagd-auf-die-guelenisten\/FR1201711115279571.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nadir.org\/nadir\/initiativ\/isku\/hintergrund\/geheimdienste\/geheim994.htm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/tuerkischer-geheimdienst-liess-erdogan-gegner-in-deutschland-ausspionieren\/12027820.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article157778863\/Erdogans-Agenten-bedrohen-Tuerken-in-Deutschland.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.derstandard.at\/story\/1397522175727\/geheimdienst-staat-tuerkei<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2020\/09\/turkey-austria-spy-nehammer-kurdish-clashes-protests-vienna.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/austria-turkey-espionage-int-idUSKBN25S4R5<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/10\/13\/world\/europe\/turkey-austria-erdogan-assassin.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/global-europe\/news\/flemish-minister-turkish-sponosred-mosque-is-nest-of-spies\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/07\/06\/influenced-by-gulenists-belgium-targets-turkish-mosques-fighting-extremism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/erdogan-critics-listed-by-turkish-embassy-in-prague-were-included-in-bogus-terrorism-probe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turk-greek-ties-strained-by-arson-row-10324<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-greece-germany-spying\/greek-police-arrest-german-on-suspicion-of-spying-idUSBRE97208820130803<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kathimerini.gr\/society\/896001\/istories-me-kataskopoys-sto-aigaio\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.larissanet.gr\/2019\/06\/21\/dikazetai-sti-rodo-kataskopos-tis-tourkias\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/ahvalnews.com\/mit\/turkish-intelligence-recruits-eu-retirees-spy-greece<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/04\/turkish-intelligence-operations-targeting-critics-in-greece-exposed-in-secret-documents\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/intelnews.org\/2016\/12\/09\/01-2023\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/more-secret-documents-confirming-vast-turkish-espionage-activities-in-greece-uncovered\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.skai.gr\/news\/greece\/dyo-syllipseis-ellinon-gia-kataskopeia-sti-rodo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-kosovo-security-turkey-idUSKBN1H70CC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/opinion\/murat-yetkin\/turkish-intelligence-unveils-secret-codes-used-before-coup-attempt-103843<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2018\/09\/turkish-teachers-detained-moldova-gulen.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/balkaninsight.com\/2018\/09\/06\/six-turkish-professors-detained-by-moldovan-secret-services-09-06-2018\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/turkeypurge.com\/turkey-spying-imams-active-also-in-norway<\/a> ; https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/turkeys-autocratic-president-erdogans-spying-profiling-expands-in-norway\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/kafila.org\/www-matthewaid-com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/report-sweden-launches-espionage-probe-into-turkish-govt-representatives\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/politics\/undiplomatic_swiss-eye-alleged-turkish-kidnapping-attempt\/43973170<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/swiss-foreign-minister-warns-turkey-against-illegal-spying-111199<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/eu-affairs\/2017\/05\/01\/as-anti-turkish-politics-grip-europe-turkish-swiss-policeman-arrested<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-brings-key-feto-suspect-from-ukraine-to-turkey-134608<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.meforum.org\/60976\/turkish-spy-agency-mit-intelligence-gathering-australia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-egypt-court\/egypt-detains-29-people-on-suspicion-of-espionage-for-turkey-idUSKBN1DM1AN<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.egypttoday.com\/Article\/1\/33764\/In-Pictures-Egypt-foils-Turkish-espionage-attempt<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-agency-brings-three-feto-members-from-gabon-to-turkey-130050<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/turkey\/turkish-intelligence-agency-rescues-a-kidnapped-italian-citizen-in-kenya-36192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20190807-libyan-national-army-turkish-intelligence-is-operating-in-tripoli\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/11\/27\/senior-feto-figure-captured-by-turkish-intelligence-in-sudan\/amp<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/07\/turkish-diplomats-have-extensively-spied-on-critics-in-the-united-states\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/1101683.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intel-returns-wanted-feto-from-azerbaijan-140108<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/06\/turkish-diplomats-spy-on-erdogan-critics-in-georgia-secret-document-reveals\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[52]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/cellmate-teacher-abducted-by-turkeys-mit-from-malaysia-subjected-to-torture-in-ankara\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligences-captures-feto-suspect-in-malaysia-146188<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-mongolia-kidnapping-turkey-idUSKBN1KI03N<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[58]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reporter-ohne-grenzen.de\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[63]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 6-7, page 12<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[66]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/finfisher-malicious-spyware-disguised-mozilla-firefox-discovered-36-countries-1233177<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[67]<\/a> https:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/home\/security-news\/finfisher-command-and-control-hubs-turn-up-in-11-new-countries\/<\/a> ; 2013.04.01 SC Magazine on FinFisher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[68]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/german-prosecutors-investigate-spyware-maker-finfisher\/a-50293812<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[69]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/2020\/unsere-strafanzeige-razzia-bei-staatstrojaner-firma-finfisher-in-muenchen\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[70]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/intelligence_privacy\/avira-lantivirus-comprato-dai-servizi-segreti-del-golfo-persico\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/blogs.mediapart.fr\/paolo-fusi\/blog\/260920\/le-hacker-militaire-qui-achete-avira<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[71]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/research\/2020\/09\/german-made-finspy-spyware-found-in-egypt-and-mac-and-linux-versions-revealed\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[75]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/tecnologia\/2015\/07\/12\/news\/segreti-concorrenza-e-fobie-tutti-i-punti-deboli-di-hacking-team-1.35241096<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[76]<\/a> https:\/\/citizenlab.ca\/2015\/10\/mapping-finfishers-continuing-proliferation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[77]<\/a> https:\/\/bigbrotherawards.de\/en\/2012\/technology-gamma-international<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[78]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/pdf\/gammagrouploutheannelsonwapenhandelaarspursang.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/slideum.com\/doc\/9973831\/gehele-observant-%2369--januari-2017-politie-mercenaries<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[79]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[81]<\/a> U.S. Department of Commerce, Industry and Trade Administration, \u201cCommercial News USA<\/em>\u201d, U.S. Foreign Commercial Service, Washington DC, 1979, page 38<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[82]<\/a> https:\/\/www.referenceforbusiness.com\/history2\/1\/CompuDyne-Corporation.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[84]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/hk\/0475615<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[85]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/02088610<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[86]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[87]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/01958854<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[92]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nti.org\/gsn\/article\/danish-man-charged-with-wmd-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[94]<\/a> Elaman AG Malans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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One of MIT's goals is to intercept communications to create fictitious evidence against critics of the Ankara regime and to justify their kidnapping and torture[26]<\/a>. A strategy that MIT is also pursuing in several other countries of the world \u2013 for example in Austria[27]<\/a>, Belgium[28]<\/a>, Czech Republic[29]<\/a>, France[30]<\/a>, Greece[31]<\/a>, Kosovo[32]<\/a>, Lithuania[33]<\/a>, Moldova[34]<\/a>, Norway[35]<\/a>, Serbia[36]<\/a>, Sweden[37]<\/a>, Switzerland[38]<\/a>, Ukraine[39]<\/a>, United Kingdom[40]<\/a>, Australia[41]<\/a>, Egypt[42]<\/a>, Gabon[43]<\/a>, Kenya[44]<\/a>, Libya[45]<\/a>, Sudan[46]<\/a>, United States[47]<\/a>, Armenia[48]<\/a>, Azerbaijan[49]<\/a>, Georgia[50]<\/a>, Iraq[51]<\/a>, Malaysia[52]<\/a>, Mongolia[53]<\/a>, Pakistan[54]<\/a> and Syria, where the Turkish government fights with its own army and supports ISIS[55]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German technology for Erdo\u011fan's torturer<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How FinFisher GmbH's FishSpy app works in Munich \u2013 the beating heart of MIT's Turkish spy system<\/sub><\/strong>[56]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The complex system of monitoring, hacking, interception and tampering necessary to monitor millions of people is no toy. NGOs from all over Europe are researching who developed such technology and found it in Germany \u2013 it is called FinSpy and is produced by three companies of the Gamma International group: FinFisher GmbH Munich, FinFisher Labs GmbH Munich and Elaman GmbH Munich. Four organizations were able to prove it to the German courts[57]<\/a>: Reporters Without Borders in Berlin (active throughout Europe, mainly concerned with press freedom[58]<\/a>), GFF Gesellschaft f\u00fcr Freiheitsrechte in Berlin (very active in monitoring illegal activities of the BND and other German secret services[59]<\/a>), Netzpolitik.org in Berlin (an online newspaper[60]<\/a>) and the European Center for the Constitution and Human Rights in Berlin[61]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Munich public prosecutor's office launches a criminal investigation based on the evidence presented by these NGOs: the aforementioned Bavarian companies have violated the foreign trade law on at least six points[62]<\/a> and have not only sold FinSpy to Turkey, but also to the governments of many other countries, including Bahrain, Egypt, Ethiopia, Libya, Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela[63]<\/a> \u2013 all countries which raise serious concerns about the democratic nature of the political system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The investigation revealed that these three companies were only originally one, Gamma International UK Ltd. Winchester, against whom an investigation opened in 2013 by the British judicial authorities was blocked[64]<\/a>, which would have put the company on the OECD blacklist at the end of 2016[65]<\/a> \u2013 a measure which prohibits anyone in the world from doing business with the group industrial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The British investigation was limited to the analysis of the sale of FinSpy to Bahrain, while the German investigation, accompanied by a large number of testimonies from victims of the terror of the Erdo\u011fan regime in Turkey and the abroad, goes much further and finds that FinSpy has been sold illegally in 36 countries[66]<\/a>, there are huge data centers in 11 countries[67]<\/a>, so it is now suspected that there are many more crimes hidden behind known facts[68]<\/a>. This is why the Munich prosecutor's office ordered a search of the premises of the Bavarian capital, but also of the Romanian branch of the Gamma International group, in October 2020[69]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is almost impossible to defend against FinSpy: the malware installs with fake updates disguised as official, via emails with fake attachments or through security holes in software \u2013 like Avira[70]<\/a> or iTunes from Apple \u2013 and then through the bogus platforms of the major search engines, Mac and Linux installations[71]<\/a>, email programs, social networks, websites for online shopping[72]<\/a>. Where Gamma International's malware fails, that of David Vincenzetti's[73]<\/a> hacking team[74]<\/a> is there. But this company is no longer there, Gamma has surpassed it, its founders are spread over many small companies[75]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who is behind the Chinese Boxen?<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In 2015, the Citizen Lab Institute in Toronto had identified 35 countries that illegally used the applications of the Gamma \/ FinFisher group<\/sub><\/strong>[76]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The investigation by the Munich prosecutor's office leaves a slightly bitter taste in the mouth: how is it possible that a complaint from four NGOs was necessary for investigation? It makes sense that the suspicion of hypocrisy arises, especially considering that the German Secret Service (BND) awarded Stephan Oelkers of Gamma International the Big Brother Awards in 2012, because Gamma was \"the world's best computer systems intrusion company. and installation of surveillance software<\/em> (...) Gamma offers its services on its website \u2013 although the development and distribution of this type of spyware is prohibited by German criminal law (Par. 282c StGB). However, this only applies to private customers, not sales to domestic authorities or the secret police of a foreign dictatorship. This is the reason why the Munich public prosecutor's office refused to initiate criminal proceedings against Gamma<\/em>\u201d[77]<\/a>. In short: everyone knew it all, but eight years ago the Munich prosecutor thought it was a trifle as long as this monstrous technology was being used by dictatorships to oppress their own people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To be precise, we know a lot about the illegal activities of this group since 1973 (when computers were toys and espionage involved infiltrating shady men into secret rooms using a document microfilming device. banned) of people scattered in the English countryside, in the port of Hamburg, in the Bavarian capital or in the slums of Cape Town. The story begins with a cable that the US Embassy in Bonn sent to federal authorities \u2013 a message reporting the suspicious activities of Hamburg-based Dutch electronics retailer Peter Kluever[78]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CIA decides to invest in this man, as does the German army. In 1981, his two companies PK Electronics and PKI Electronic Intelligence GmbH already had contracts with the US government. In 1983, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Abdullah Ibn Nasir IBn Abd al-Asis Al Sa'ud, visited Hamburg and the German generals showed him the effects of the use of Kluever technology on the efficiency and cadence of Leopard tanks fired \u2013 which the government of Moved Riyadh to acquire this technology[79]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1987, Oelkers flew to Beijing for a demonstration of its new chips and delighted the Chinese generals who have become part of its clientele[80]<\/a>. As part of the agreements signed with the United States, from 1985, Kluever sold very modern American spy technology (developed by the Ocean Applied Research Corporation in San Diego[81]<\/a> and distributed by the CompuDyne Corporation group in Pennsylvania[82]<\/a>) Muhammar Ghaddafi in Libya, Hafiz Al-Assad in Syria, Haji Mohammad Suharto in Indonesia \u2013 the three presidents use it to intercept phone calls and radio broadcasts from opponents, foreign armies and rebel groups[83]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As he grew older, Kluever sold his company (the PK Electronics Group in Hamburg) to two engineers, the German Stephan Oelkers and the Englishman William Louthean Nelson. The latter had started running the Beijing office in 1985 and had established his own company, Personal Protection Products Ltd. Hong Kong[84]<\/a> in 1992, which until 1994, through its subsidiary in Hull[85]<\/a>, sold listening devices used by the British secret services to fight the IRA in Ulster[86]<\/a>. When Kluever retires, PK Electronics will be passed on to William Nelson and his Louthean son John Alexander Nelson, the founders of the Gamma International Group[87]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The chart of the investments of the Gamma International Group as well as of associated persons and companies \u2013 \u00a9 IBI World Ltd. London<\/sub><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A new era is beginning in which the old wiretapping will soon be overcome and forgotten. The young Louthean begins to work with Niels J\u00f8rgen Tobiasen and his two companies: The CBRN Team Ltd. London[88]<\/a> and The Phoenix Hazard Training Ltd. Darlington[89]<\/a>. It is an industrial operation that arose out of a contract to supply chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapons to Uganda[90]<\/a> which was negotiated with a member of the government, Ananias Tumukunde, who had accepted a bribe of \u00a3 40,000[91]<\/a>. An operation that ended with the arrest of Tumukunde in Kampala and Tobiasen in London in July 2007[92]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During these years, Louthean Nelson also tried to facilitate a collaboration with the hacking team of David Vincenzetti: with one of the best hackers of the Milan group, Alberto Pelliccione, Nelson tried after a while to find a system. to hack Nokia devices \u2013 but Pelliccione changes his mind when he finds out Nelson has started delivering weapons to countries affected by international sanctions through a company that has now been liquidated, Cyan Engineering Services SAL Beirut[93]<\/a>. Something that Pelliccione wants nothing to do with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps even more surprising is the next business: Nelson founds Elaman and relocates some activities to Switzerland[94]<\/a> because he is once again doing business with his father's former partner, Stephan Oelkers. Oelkers convinced Nelson to move his operations center from Hamburg to Munich and to accept a new partner, Holger G\u00fcnther Rumscheidt. This should work with the Austrian secret service[95]<\/a> and attempt to take the Bad Aibling station back from the NSA (American Military Intelligence)[96]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is an imposing and extremely symbolic temptation: the Bad Aibling interception station was born in 1936 as a military airport and radar center of the Luftwaffe, and at the end of the war, the American army converted it into a camp transit for released prisoners of war and victims of National Socialist concentration camps. A very famous concentration camp that the writers G\u00fcnter Grass and Joseph Ratzinger (the future Pope Benedict XVI) passed through[97]<\/a>. From 1952 until the closure, requested by the European Union in 2001 and carried out in 2004 (officially, since the facility was still in operation in 2013[98]<\/a>), the NSA of Bad Aibling assembled its Echelon systems[99]<\/a> to intercept telephone communications of the entire planet[100]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The takeover of the NSA station would have been the dedication of Nelson and his employees to a company of global significance and almost unlimited power. Negotiations were not over when FinFisher started selling its FinSpy to Turkey and the world began to see the danger. After the research in Munich, Switzerland and Romania, Nelson began to liquidate all the companies as quickly as possible: some of them (Computplus Ltd., G2 Systems Ltd., Gamma 2000 Ltd., Gamma 2000 Waste Management Ltd., Gamma International (UK) Ltd.) were liquidated in early February 2021 at the time of writing[101]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is no turning back<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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April 14, 2007: Over a million peaceful citizens protest against the abolition of freedom and against a regime that has turned their homeland into a hell of oppression, violence and misery. An exciting scene of humanity that could hardly be repeated<\/sub><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, that does not change the substance of things. Today, February 2021, the government and its intelligence agencies in at least 40 countries around the world, the vast majority of which are ruled by dictatorships, have in their hands software that not only goes beyond doomsday scenarios. described by George Orwell, but also from \"Brazil\" by Terry Gilliam: Now, a regime no longer needs to discover that someone is preparing a plot to isolate, torture, condemn and exterminate them. The state can create evidence with the click of a computer, using software that in a thousandth of a second will doom each one of us and implicate each of our loved ones in our destruction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a society where the alienation of the individual from the common context has already reached worrying proportions, the software developed and sold by a small handful of criminals totally unknown to the public has enabled humanity to embark on a path of no return: one where there is nothing more true and verifiable in which each of us must doubt who is around us, and even (and even more) ourselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The weakness and superficiality with which Western governments (especially the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom) have allowed this software to be distributed across the planet for purely selfish calculations is unforgivable and the sign that 75 years after the end of WWII, 30 years after the end of the cold war, and the fear of nuclear conflict when nature rebels against the foolish way we are destroying it, people have crossed the line ultimate \u2013 those in which the enemy who kills does not come from outside, but from within \u2013 and is inexorable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/65-in-yuzbinleri-6335051<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/6554851.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/laik-turkiye-icin-caglayan-a-6426626<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/3-miting-3-mesaj-6462629<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/izmir-rekor-bekliyor-6495436<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/turkey-used-german-spy-software-on-opposition-politicians-and-activists\/a-43787769<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.birgun.net\/haber\/iddia-pelikancilar-hakan-fidan-gitsin-diyor-283382<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trthaber.com\/haber\/gundem\/iletisim-baskanligi-berat-albayrakin-gorevden-af-talebi-kabul-edilmistir-529559.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/europe\/russia-accuses-president-erdogan-s-son-law-being-linked-isis-oil-trade-a6761436.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2016\/09\/turkey-redhackers-daunt-the-erdogan-family.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/thepressproject.gr\/exclusive-wikileaks-documents-relations-erdogan-isis-oil-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.duvarenglish.com\/sport\/2020\/02\/10\/politics-in-stadiums-fenerbahce-fans-urge-minister-albayrak-to-keep-hands-off-football<\/a> ; https:\/\/odatv4.com\/fenerbahceliler-damata-karsi-ayaga-kalkti-02022031.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> Intelligence Online, \u201cHakan Fidan close to ministerial promotion<\/em>\u201d, see in 2020.11.18 Hakan Fidan Minister<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkey-launches-project-to-train-1-million-software-developers-154081<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> 2017.04.13 T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mill%C3%AE_%C4%B0stihbarat_Te%C5%9Fkil%C3%A2t%C4%B1#Leitung<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> Hakan Fidan on Nexis, pages 57-60<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/t24.com.tr\/haber\/adanada-3-tir-durduruldu-arama-yapiliyor,248707<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> 1000 colpi di mortaio, 1000 colpi di artiglieria, 50\u2019000 fucili d'assalto e 30\u2019000 munizioni per mitragliatrice \u2013 see in https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529223636\/http:\/\/www.aktifhaber.com\/devlet-sirri-denilen-mit-tirlari-ile-ilgili-tapeler-1053377h.htm#<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[18]<\/a> http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com.tr\/haber\/mit-tirlari-boyle-durduruldu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/bianet.org\/bianet\/insan-haklari\/155519-tir-lari-durdurmakla-suclanan-13-askere-muebbet-istendi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[21]<\/a> http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/erdogandan-canli-yayinda-can-dundara-tehdit-288885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.genios.de\/presse-archiv\/artikel\/FAZ\/20171111\/jagd-auf-die-guelenisten\/FR1201711115279571.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nadir.org\/nadir\/initiativ\/isku\/hintergrund\/geheimdienste\/geheim994.htm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/tuerkischer-geheimdienst-liess-erdogan-gegner-in-deutschland-ausspionieren\/12027820.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article157778863\/Erdogans-Agenten-bedrohen-Tuerken-in-Deutschland.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.derstandard.at\/story\/1397522175727\/geheimdienst-staat-tuerkei<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2020\/09\/turkey-austria-spy-nehammer-kurdish-clashes-protests-vienna.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/austria-turkey-espionage-int-idUSKBN25S4R5<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/10\/13\/world\/europe\/turkey-austria-erdogan-assassin.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/global-europe\/news\/flemish-minister-turkish-sponosred-mosque-is-nest-of-spies\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/07\/06\/influenced-by-gulenists-belgium-targets-turkish-mosques-fighting-extremism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/erdogan-critics-listed-by-turkish-embassy-in-prague-were-included-in-bogus-terrorism-probe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-kosovo-security-turkey-idUSKBN1H70CC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/opinion\/murat-yetkin\/turkish-intelligence-unveils-secret-codes-used-before-coup-attempt-103843<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2018\/09\/turkish-teachers-detained-moldova-gulen.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/balkaninsight.com\/2018\/09\/06\/six-turkish-professors-detained-by-moldovan-secret-services-09-06-2018\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/turkeypurge.com\/turkey-spying-imams-active-also-in-norway<\/a> ; https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/turkeys-autocratic-president-erdogans-spying-profiling-expands-in-norway\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[39]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-brings-key-feto-suspect-from-ukraine-to-turkey-134608<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-agency-brings-three-feto-members-from-gabon-to-turkey-130050<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/turkey\/turkish-intelligence-agency-rescues-a-kidnapped-italian-citizen-in-kenya-36192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20190807-libyan-national-army-turkish-intelligence-is-operating-in-tripoli\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/11\/27\/senior-feto-figure-captured-by-turkish-intelligence-in-sudan\/amp<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/07\/turkish-diplomats-have-extensively-spied-on-critics-in-the-united-states\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/1101683.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[50]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/06\/turkish-diplomats-spy-on-erdogan-critics-in-georgia-secret-document-reveals\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[52]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/cellmate-teacher-abducted-by-turkeys-mit-from-malaysia-subjected-to-torture-in-ankara\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligences-captures-feto-suspect-in-malaysia-146188<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-mongolia-kidnapping-turkey-idUSKBN1KI03N<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/pakistan\/pakistan-admits-they-secretly-deported-turkish-family-wanted-by-erdogan-govt-4895423\/lite\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turkish_involvement_in_the_Syrian_civil_war<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/securityaffairs.co\/wordpress\/41169\/breaking-news\/finfisher-spyware-new-customers.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[58]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reporter-ohne-grenzen.de\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/freiheitsrechte.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[60]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[61]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecchr.eu\/en\/about-us\/?L=2<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[62]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 4-5<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[63]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 6-7, page 12<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[65]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/privacy-international-complaint-to-uk-ncp-about-gamma-international-uk-ltd<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[66]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/finfisher-malicious-spyware-disguised-mozilla-firefox-discovered-36-countries-1233177<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[67]<\/a> https:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/home\/security-news\/finfisher-command-and-control-hubs-turn-up-in-11-new-countries\/<\/a> ; 2013.04.01 SC Magazine on FinFisher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[68]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/german-prosecutors-investigate-spyware-maker-finfisher\/a-50293812<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[69]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/2020\/unsere-strafanzeige-razzia-bei-staatstrojaner-firma-finfisher-in-muenchen\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[70]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/intelligence_privacy\/avira-lantivirus-comprato-dai-servizi-segreti-del-golfo-persico\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/blogs.mediapart.fr\/paolo-fusi\/blog\/260920\/le-hacker-militaire-qui-achete-avira<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[71]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/research\/2020\/09\/german-made-finspy-spyware-found-in-egypt-and-mac-and-linux-versions-revealed\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[75]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/tecnologia\/2015\/07\/12\/news\/segreti-concorrenza-e-fobie-tutti-i-punti-deboli-di-hacking-team-1.35241096<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[76]<\/a> https:\/\/citizenlab.ca\/2015\/10\/mapping-finfishers-continuing-proliferation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[77]<\/a> https:\/\/bigbrotherawards.de\/en\/2012\/technology-gamma-international<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[78]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/pdf\/gammagrouploutheannelsonwapenhandelaarspursang.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/slideum.com\/doc\/9973831\/gehele-observant-%2369--januari-2017-politie-mercenaries<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[79]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[81]<\/a> U.S. Department of Commerce, Industry and Trade Administration, \u201cCommercial News USA<\/em>\u201d, U.S. Foreign Commercial Service, Washington DC, 1979, page 38<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[82]<\/a> https:\/\/www.referenceforbusiness.com\/history2\/1\/CompuDyne-Corporation.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[84]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/hk\/0475615<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[85]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/02088610<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[92]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nti.org\/gsn\/article\/danish-man-charged-with-wmd-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[94]<\/a> Elaman AG Malans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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One of MIT's tasks is to fight the Hizmet sect and its preacher Fethullah G\u00fclen (tapping phones and the internet, stalking, kidnapping, torturing, murdering[22]<\/a>) in Turkey and abroad[23]<\/a>. However, MIT's main task is to fight opponents outside the country. Around 500 MIT officials and over 6,000 informants are active in Germany \u2013 an even larger and more powerful structure than STASI during the GDR era[24]<\/a> \u2013 whose purpose is not only to observe and report Turkish citizens who emigrated to Europe, but also to intervene physically[25]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of MIT's goals is to intercept communications to create fictitious evidence against critics of the Ankara regime and to justify their kidnapping and torture[26]<\/a>. A strategy that MIT is also pursuing in several other countries of the world \u2013 for example in Austria[27]<\/a>, Belgium[28]<\/a>, Czech Republic[29]<\/a>, France[30]<\/a>, Greece[31]<\/a>, Kosovo[32]<\/a>, Lithuania[33]<\/a>, Moldova[34]<\/a>, Norway[35]<\/a>, Serbia[36]<\/a>, Sweden[37]<\/a>, Switzerland[38]<\/a>, Ukraine[39]<\/a>, United Kingdom[40]<\/a>, Australia[41]<\/a>, Egypt[42]<\/a>, Gabon[43]<\/a>, Kenya[44]<\/a>, Libya[45]<\/a>, Sudan[46]<\/a>, United States[47]<\/a>, Armenia[48]<\/a>, Azerbaijan[49]<\/a>, Georgia[50]<\/a>, Iraq[51]<\/a>, Malaysia[52]<\/a>, Mongolia[53]<\/a>, Pakistan[54]<\/a> and Syria, where the Turkish government fights with its own army and supports ISIS[55]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German technology for Erdo\u011fan's torturer<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How FinFisher GmbH's FishSpy app works in Munich \u2013 the beating heart of MIT's Turkish spy system<\/sub><\/strong>[56]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The complex system of monitoring, hacking, interception and tampering necessary to monitor millions of people is no toy. NGOs from all over Europe are researching who developed such technology and found it in Germany \u2013 it is called FinSpy and is produced by three companies of the Gamma International group: FinFisher GmbH Munich, FinFisher Labs GmbH Munich and Elaman GmbH Munich. Four organizations were able to prove it to the German courts[57]<\/a>: Reporters Without Borders in Berlin (active throughout Europe, mainly concerned with press freedom[58]<\/a>), GFF Gesellschaft f\u00fcr Freiheitsrechte in Berlin (very active in monitoring illegal activities of the BND and other German secret services[59]<\/a>), Netzpolitik.org in Berlin (an online newspaper[60]<\/a>) and the European Center for the Constitution and Human Rights in Berlin[61]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Munich public prosecutor's office launches a criminal investigation based on the evidence presented by these NGOs: the aforementioned Bavarian companies have violated the foreign trade law on at least six points[62]<\/a> and have not only sold FinSpy to Turkey, but also to the governments of many other countries, including Bahrain, Egypt, Ethiopia, Libya, Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela[63]<\/a> \u2013 all countries which raise serious concerns about the democratic nature of the political system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The investigation revealed that these three companies were only originally one, Gamma International UK Ltd. Winchester, against whom an investigation opened in 2013 by the British judicial authorities was blocked[64]<\/a>, which would have put the company on the OECD blacklist at the end of 2016[65]<\/a> \u2013 a measure which prohibits anyone in the world from doing business with the group industrial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The British investigation was limited to the analysis of the sale of FinSpy to Bahrain, while the German investigation, accompanied by a large number of testimonies from victims of the terror of the Erdo\u011fan regime in Turkey and the abroad, goes much further and finds that FinSpy has been sold illegally in 36 countries[66]<\/a>, there are huge data centers in 11 countries[67]<\/a>, so it is now suspected that there are many more crimes hidden behind known facts[68]<\/a>. This is why the Munich prosecutor's office ordered a search of the premises of the Bavarian capital, but also of the Romanian branch of the Gamma International group, in October 2020[69]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is almost impossible to defend against FinSpy: the malware installs with fake updates disguised as official, via emails with fake attachments or through security holes in software \u2013 like Avira[70]<\/a> or iTunes from Apple \u2013 and then through the bogus platforms of the major search engines, Mac and Linux installations[71]<\/a>, email programs, social networks, websites for online shopping[72]<\/a>. Where Gamma International's malware fails, that of David Vincenzetti's[73]<\/a> hacking team[74]<\/a> is there. But this company is no longer there, Gamma has surpassed it, its founders are spread over many small companies[75]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who is behind the Chinese Boxen?<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In 2015, the Citizen Lab Institute in Toronto had identified 35 countries that illegally used the applications of the Gamma \/ FinFisher group<\/sub><\/strong>[76]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The investigation by the Munich prosecutor's office leaves a slightly bitter taste in the mouth: how is it possible that a complaint from four NGOs was necessary for investigation? It makes sense that the suspicion of hypocrisy arises, especially considering that the German Secret Service (BND) awarded Stephan Oelkers of Gamma International the Big Brother Awards in 2012, because Gamma was \"the world's best computer systems intrusion company. and installation of surveillance software<\/em> (...) Gamma offers its services on its website \u2013 although the development and distribution of this type of spyware is prohibited by German criminal law (Par. 282c StGB). However, this only applies to private customers, not sales to domestic authorities or the secret police of a foreign dictatorship. This is the reason why the Munich public prosecutor's office refused to initiate criminal proceedings against Gamma<\/em>\u201d[77]<\/a>. In short: everyone knew it all, but eight years ago the Munich prosecutor thought it was a trifle as long as this monstrous technology was being used by dictatorships to oppress their own people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To be precise, we know a lot about the illegal activities of this group since 1973 (when computers were toys and espionage involved infiltrating shady men into secret rooms using a document microfilming device. banned) of people scattered in the English countryside, in the port of Hamburg, in the Bavarian capital or in the slums of Cape Town. The story begins with a cable that the US Embassy in Bonn sent to federal authorities \u2013 a message reporting the suspicious activities of Hamburg-based Dutch electronics retailer Peter Kluever[78]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CIA decides to invest in this man, as does the German army. In 1981, his two companies PK Electronics and PKI Electronic Intelligence GmbH already had contracts with the US government. In 1983, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Abdullah Ibn Nasir IBn Abd al-Asis Al Sa'ud, visited Hamburg and the German generals showed him the effects of the use of Kluever technology on the efficiency and cadence of Leopard tanks fired \u2013 which the government of Moved Riyadh to acquire this technology[79]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1987, Oelkers flew to Beijing for a demonstration of its new chips and delighted the Chinese generals who have become part of its clientele[80]<\/a>. As part of the agreements signed with the United States, from 1985, Kluever sold very modern American spy technology (developed by the Ocean Applied Research Corporation in San Diego[81]<\/a> and distributed by the CompuDyne Corporation group in Pennsylvania[82]<\/a>) Muhammar Ghaddafi in Libya, Hafiz Al-Assad in Syria, Haji Mohammad Suharto in Indonesia \u2013 the three presidents use it to intercept phone calls and radio broadcasts from opponents, foreign armies and rebel groups[83]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As he grew older, Kluever sold his company (the PK Electronics Group in Hamburg) to two engineers, the German Stephan Oelkers and the Englishman William Louthean Nelson. The latter had started running the Beijing office in 1985 and had established his own company, Personal Protection Products Ltd. Hong Kong[84]<\/a> in 1992, which until 1994, through its subsidiary in Hull[85]<\/a>, sold listening devices used by the British secret services to fight the IRA in Ulster[86]<\/a>. When Kluever retires, PK Electronics will be passed on to William Nelson and his Louthean son John Alexander Nelson, the founders of the Gamma International Group[87]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The chart of the investments of the Gamma International Group as well as of associated persons and companies \u2013 \u00a9 IBI World Ltd. London<\/sub><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A new era is beginning in which the old wiretapping will soon be overcome and forgotten. The young Louthean begins to work with Niels J\u00f8rgen Tobiasen and his two companies: The CBRN Team Ltd. London[88]<\/a> and The Phoenix Hazard Training Ltd. Darlington[89]<\/a>. It is an industrial operation that arose out of a contract to supply chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapons to Uganda[90]<\/a> which was negotiated with a member of the government, Ananias Tumukunde, who had accepted a bribe of \u00a3 40,000[91]<\/a>. An operation that ended with the arrest of Tumukunde in Kampala and Tobiasen in London in July 2007[92]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During these years, Louthean Nelson also tried to facilitate a collaboration with the hacking team of David Vincenzetti: with one of the best hackers of the Milan group, Alberto Pelliccione, Nelson tried after a while to find a system. to hack Nokia devices \u2013 but Pelliccione changes his mind when he finds out Nelson has started delivering weapons to countries affected by international sanctions through a company that has now been liquidated, Cyan Engineering Services SAL Beirut[93]<\/a>. Something that Pelliccione wants nothing to do with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps even more surprising is the next business: Nelson founds Elaman and relocates some activities to Switzerland[94]<\/a> because he is once again doing business with his father's former partner, Stephan Oelkers. Oelkers convinced Nelson to move his operations center from Hamburg to Munich and to accept a new partner, Holger G\u00fcnther Rumscheidt. This should work with the Austrian secret service[95]<\/a> and attempt to take the Bad Aibling station back from the NSA (American Military Intelligence)[96]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is an imposing and extremely symbolic temptation: the Bad Aibling interception station was born in 1936 as a military airport and radar center of the Luftwaffe, and at the end of the war, the American army converted it into a camp transit for released prisoners of war and victims of National Socialist concentration camps. A very famous concentration camp that the writers G\u00fcnter Grass and Joseph Ratzinger (the future Pope Benedict XVI) passed through[97]<\/a>. From 1952 until the closure, requested by the European Union in 2001 and carried out in 2004 (officially, since the facility was still in operation in 2013[98]<\/a>), the NSA of Bad Aibling assembled its Echelon systems[99]<\/a> to intercept telephone communications of the entire planet[100]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The takeover of the NSA station would have been the dedication of Nelson and his employees to a company of global significance and almost unlimited power. Negotiations were not over when FinFisher started selling its FinSpy to Turkey and the world began to see the danger. After the research in Munich, Switzerland and Romania, Nelson began to liquidate all the companies as quickly as possible: some of them (Computplus Ltd., G2 Systems Ltd., Gamma 2000 Ltd., Gamma 2000 Waste Management Ltd., Gamma International (UK) Ltd.) were liquidated in early February 2021 at the time of writing[101]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is no turning back<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

April 14, 2007: Over a million peaceful citizens protest against the abolition of freedom and against a regime that has turned their homeland into a hell of oppression, violence and misery. An exciting scene of humanity that could hardly be repeated<\/sub><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, that does not change the substance of things. Today, February 2021, the government and its intelligence agencies in at least 40 countries around the world, the vast majority of which are ruled by dictatorships, have in their hands software that not only goes beyond doomsday scenarios. described by George Orwell, but also from \"Brazil\" by Terry Gilliam: Now, a regime no longer needs to discover that someone is preparing a plot to isolate, torture, condemn and exterminate them. The state can create evidence with the click of a computer, using software that in a thousandth of a second will doom each one of us and implicate each of our loved ones in our destruction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a society where the alienation of the individual from the common context has already reached worrying proportions, the software developed and sold by a small handful of criminals totally unknown to the public has enabled humanity to embark on a path of no return: one where there is nothing more true and verifiable in which each of us must doubt who is around us, and even (and even more) ourselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The weakness and superficiality with which Western governments (especially the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom) have allowed this software to be distributed across the planet for purely selfish calculations is unforgivable and the sign that 75 years after the end of WWII, 30 years after the end of the cold war, and the fear of nuclear conflict when nature rebels against the foolish way we are destroying it, people have crossed the line ultimate \u2013 those in which the enemy who kills does not come from outside, but from within \u2013 and is inexorable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/65-in-yuzbinleri-6335051<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/6554851.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/laik-turkiye-icin-caglayan-a-6426626<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/3-miting-3-mesaj-6462629<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/izmir-rekor-bekliyor-6495436<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/turkey-used-german-spy-software-on-opposition-politicians-and-activists\/a-43787769<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/atalayar.com\/en\/content\/turkish-spy-networks-control-opponents<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-39416954<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.birgun.net\/haber\/iddia-pelikancilar-hakan-fidan-gitsin-diyor-283382<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trthaber.com\/haber\/gundem\/iletisim-baskanligi-berat-albayrakin-gorevden-af-talebi-kabul-edilmistir-529559.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/europe\/russia-accuses-president-erdogan-s-son-law-being-linked-isis-oil-trade-a6761436.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2016\/09\/turkey-redhackers-daunt-the-erdogan-family.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/thepressproject.gr\/exclusive-wikileaks-documents-relations-erdogan-isis-oil-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.duvarenglish.com\/sport\/2020\/02\/10\/politics-in-stadiums-fenerbahce-fans-urge-minister-albayrak-to-keep-hands-off-football<\/a> ; https:\/\/odatv4.com\/fenerbahceliler-damata-karsi-ayaga-kalkti-02022031.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> Intelligence Online, \u201cHakan Fidan close to ministerial promotion<\/em>\u201d, see in 2020.11.18 Hakan Fidan Minister<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkey-launches-project-to-train-1-million-software-developers-154081<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> 2017.04.13 T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mill%C3%AE_%C4%B0stihbarat_Te%C5%9Fkil%C3%A2t%C4%B1#Leitung<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> Hakan Fidan on Nexis, pages 57-60<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/t24.com.tr\/haber\/adanada-3-tir-durduruldu-arama-yapiliyor,248707<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> 1000 colpi di mortaio, 1000 colpi di artiglieria, 50\u2019000 fucili d'assalto e 30\u2019000 munizioni per mitragliatrice \u2013 see in https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529223636\/http:\/\/www.aktifhaber.com\/devlet-sirri-denilen-mit-tirlari-ile-ilgili-tapeler-1053377h.htm#<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[18]<\/a> http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com.tr\/haber\/mit-tirlari-boyle-durduruldu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/bianet.org\/bianet\/insan-haklari\/155519-tir-lari-durdurmakla-suclanan-13-askere-muebbet-istendi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nadir.org\/nadir\/initiativ\/isku\/hintergrund\/geheimdienste\/geheim994.htm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/tuerkischer-geheimdienst-liess-erdogan-gegner-in-deutschland-ausspionieren\/12027820.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article157778863\/Erdogans-Agenten-bedrohen-Tuerken-in-Deutschland.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.derstandard.at\/story\/1397522175727\/geheimdienst-staat-tuerkei<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2020\/09\/turkey-austria-spy-nehammer-kurdish-clashes-protests-vienna.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/austria-turkey-espionage-int-idUSKBN25S4R5<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/10\/13\/world\/europe\/turkey-austria-erdogan-assassin.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/global-europe\/news\/flemish-minister-turkish-sponosred-mosque-is-nest-of-spies\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/07\/06\/influenced-by-gulenists-belgium-targets-turkish-mosques-fighting-extremism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/erdogan-critics-listed-by-turkish-embassy-in-prague-were-included-in-bogus-terrorism-probe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-kosovo-security-turkey-idUSKBN1H70CC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/opinion\/murat-yetkin\/turkish-intelligence-unveils-secret-codes-used-before-coup-attempt-103843<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2018\/09\/turkish-teachers-detained-moldova-gulen.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/balkaninsight.com\/2018\/09\/06\/six-turkish-professors-detained-by-moldovan-secret-services-09-06-2018\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/turkeypurge.com\/turkey-spying-imams-active-also-in-norway<\/a> ; https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/turkeys-autocratic-president-erdogans-spying-profiling-expands-in-norway\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/kafila.org\/www-matthewaid-com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[39]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-brings-key-feto-suspect-from-ukraine-to-turkey-134608<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-agency-brings-three-feto-members-from-gabon-to-turkey-130050<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/turkey\/turkish-intelligence-agency-rescues-a-kidnapped-italian-citizen-in-kenya-36192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20190807-libyan-national-army-turkish-intelligence-is-operating-in-tripoli\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/11\/27\/senior-feto-figure-captured-by-turkish-intelligence-in-sudan\/amp<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/07\/turkish-diplomats-have-extensively-spied-on-critics-in-the-united-states\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[52]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/cellmate-teacher-abducted-by-turkeys-mit-from-malaysia-subjected-to-torture-in-ankara\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligences-captures-feto-suspect-in-malaysia-146188<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[55]<\/a> https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turkish_involvement_in_the_Syrian_civil_war<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[58]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reporter-ohne-grenzen.de\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/freiheitsrechte.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[60]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[63]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 6-7, page 12<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[66]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/finfisher-malicious-spyware-disguised-mozilla-firefox-discovered-36-countries-1233177<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[67]<\/a> https:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/home\/security-news\/finfisher-command-and-control-hubs-turn-up-in-11-new-countries\/<\/a> ; 2013.04.01 SC Magazine on FinFisher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[68]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/german-prosecutors-investigate-spyware-maker-finfisher\/a-50293812<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[69]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/2020\/unsere-strafanzeige-razzia-bei-staatstrojaner-firma-finfisher-in-muenchen\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[70]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/intelligence_privacy\/avira-lantivirus-comprato-dai-servizi-segreti-del-golfo-persico\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/blogs.mediapart.fr\/paolo-fusi\/blog\/260920\/le-hacker-militaire-qui-achete-avira<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[71]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/research\/2020\/09\/german-made-finspy-spyware-found-in-egypt-and-mac-and-linux-versions-revealed\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[72]<\/a> https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/BL-DGB-23568<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/technology\/apple\/8912714\/Apple-iTunes-flaw-allowed-government-spying-for-3-years.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/krebsonsecurity.com\/2011\/11\/apple-took-3-years-to-fix-finfisher-trojan-hole\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2012-07-25\/cyber-attacks-on-activists-traced-to-finfisher-spyware-of-gamma<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[75]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/tecnologia\/2015\/07\/12\/news\/segreti-concorrenza-e-fobie-tutti-i-punti-deboli-di-hacking-team-1.35241096<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[76]<\/a> https:\/\/citizenlab.ca\/2015\/10\/mapping-finfishers-continuing-proliferation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[77]<\/a> https:\/\/bigbrotherawards.de\/en\/2012\/technology-gamma-international<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[78]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/pdf\/gammagrouploutheannelsonwapenhandelaarspursang.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/slideum.com\/doc\/9973831\/gehele-observant-%2369--januari-2017-politie-mercenaries<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[79]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[81]<\/a> U.S. Department of Commerce, Industry and Trade Administration, \u201cCommercial News USA<\/em>\u201d, U.S. Foreign Commercial Service, Washington DC, 1979, page 38<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[82]<\/a> https:\/\/www.referenceforbusiness.com\/history2\/1\/CompuDyne-Corporation.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[84]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/hk\/0475615<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[85]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/02088610<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[86]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[89]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/06591222<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[92]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nti.org\/gsn\/article\/danish-man-charged-with-wmd-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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On January 19, 2014, the Turkish gendarmerie blocked two trucks bound for Syria that were full of weapons[15]<\/a> \u2013 weapons intended to aid the Caliphate Army (ISIS)[16]<\/a> carried by MIT agents[17]<\/a>. Erdo\u011fan initially claimed that it was humanitarian aid[18]<\/a>, but some journalists managed to film the truck and the lie was discovered. Result: the 13 gendarmes who stopped the trucks were sentenced to long prison terms[19]<\/a>; The investigating judges were dismissed from their functions and charged[20]<\/a>; journalists involved in recording or publishing the information were sentenced to five years in prison[21]<\/a>. Police have been given new orders: never stop MIT vehicles from going overseas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of MIT's tasks is to fight the Hizmet sect and its preacher Fethullah G\u00fclen (tapping phones and the internet, stalking, kidnapping, torturing, murdering[22]<\/a>) in Turkey and abroad[23]<\/a>. However, MIT's main task is to fight opponents outside the country. Around 500 MIT officials and over 6,000 informants are active in Germany \u2013 an even larger and more powerful structure than STASI during the GDR era[24]<\/a> \u2013 whose purpose is not only to observe and report Turkish citizens who emigrated to Europe, but also to intervene physically[25]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of MIT's goals is to intercept communications to create fictitious evidence against critics of the Ankara regime and to justify their kidnapping and torture[26]<\/a>. A strategy that MIT is also pursuing in several other countries of the world \u2013 for example in Austria[27]<\/a>, Belgium[28]<\/a>, Czech Republic[29]<\/a>, France[30]<\/a>, Greece[31]<\/a>, Kosovo[32]<\/a>, Lithuania[33]<\/a>, Moldova[34]<\/a>, Norway[35]<\/a>, Serbia[36]<\/a>, Sweden[37]<\/a>, Switzerland[38]<\/a>, Ukraine[39]<\/a>, United Kingdom[40]<\/a>, Australia[41]<\/a>, Egypt[42]<\/a>, Gabon[43]<\/a>, Kenya[44]<\/a>, Libya[45]<\/a>, Sudan[46]<\/a>, United States[47]<\/a>, Armenia[48]<\/a>, Azerbaijan[49]<\/a>, Georgia[50]<\/a>, Iraq[51]<\/a>, Malaysia[52]<\/a>, Mongolia[53]<\/a>, Pakistan[54]<\/a> and Syria, where the Turkish government fights with its own army and supports ISIS[55]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German technology for Erdo\u011fan's torturer<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How FinFisher GmbH's FishSpy app works in Munich \u2013 the beating heart of MIT's Turkish spy system<\/sub><\/strong>[56]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The complex system of monitoring, hacking, interception and tampering necessary to monitor millions of people is no toy. NGOs from all over Europe are researching who developed such technology and found it in Germany \u2013 it is called FinSpy and is produced by three companies of the Gamma International group: FinFisher GmbH Munich, FinFisher Labs GmbH Munich and Elaman GmbH Munich. Four organizations were able to prove it to the German courts[57]<\/a>: Reporters Without Borders in Berlin (active throughout Europe, mainly concerned with press freedom[58]<\/a>), GFF Gesellschaft f\u00fcr Freiheitsrechte in Berlin (very active in monitoring illegal activities of the BND and other German secret services[59]<\/a>), Netzpolitik.org in Berlin (an online newspaper[60]<\/a>) and the European Center for the Constitution and Human Rights in Berlin[61]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Munich public prosecutor's office launches a criminal investigation based on the evidence presented by these NGOs: the aforementioned Bavarian companies have violated the foreign trade law on at least six points[62]<\/a> and have not only sold FinSpy to Turkey, but also to the governments of many other countries, including Bahrain, Egypt, Ethiopia, Libya, Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela[63]<\/a> \u2013 all countries which raise serious concerns about the democratic nature of the political system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The investigation revealed that these three companies were only originally one, Gamma International UK Ltd. Winchester, against whom an investigation opened in 2013 by the British judicial authorities was blocked[64]<\/a>, which would have put the company on the OECD blacklist at the end of 2016[65]<\/a> \u2013 a measure which prohibits anyone in the world from doing business with the group industrial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The British investigation was limited to the analysis of the sale of FinSpy to Bahrain, while the German investigation, accompanied by a large number of testimonies from victims of the terror of the Erdo\u011fan regime in Turkey and the abroad, goes much further and finds that FinSpy has been sold illegally in 36 countries[66]<\/a>, there are huge data centers in 11 countries[67]<\/a>, so it is now suspected that there are many more crimes hidden behind known facts[68]<\/a>. This is why the Munich prosecutor's office ordered a search of the premises of the Bavarian capital, but also of the Romanian branch of the Gamma International group, in October 2020[69]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is almost impossible to defend against FinSpy: the malware installs with fake updates disguised as official, via emails with fake attachments or through security holes in software \u2013 like Avira[70]<\/a> or iTunes from Apple \u2013 and then through the bogus platforms of the major search engines, Mac and Linux installations[71]<\/a>, email programs, social networks, websites for online shopping[72]<\/a>. Where Gamma International's malware fails, that of David Vincenzetti's[73]<\/a> hacking team[74]<\/a> is there. But this company is no longer there, Gamma has surpassed it, its founders are spread over many small companies[75]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who is behind the Chinese Boxen?<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In 2015, the Citizen Lab Institute in Toronto had identified 35 countries that illegally used the applications of the Gamma \/ FinFisher group<\/sub><\/strong>[76]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The investigation by the Munich prosecutor's office leaves a slightly bitter taste in the mouth: how is it possible that a complaint from four NGOs was necessary for investigation? It makes sense that the suspicion of hypocrisy arises, especially considering that the German Secret Service (BND) awarded Stephan Oelkers of Gamma International the Big Brother Awards in 2012, because Gamma was \"the world's best computer systems intrusion company. and installation of surveillance software<\/em> (...) Gamma offers its services on its website \u2013 although the development and distribution of this type of spyware is prohibited by German criminal law (Par. 282c StGB). However, this only applies to private customers, not sales to domestic authorities or the secret police of a foreign dictatorship. This is the reason why the Munich public prosecutor's office refused to initiate criminal proceedings against Gamma<\/em>\u201d[77]<\/a>. In short: everyone knew it all, but eight years ago the Munich prosecutor thought it was a trifle as long as this monstrous technology was being used by dictatorships to oppress their own people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To be precise, we know a lot about the illegal activities of this group since 1973 (when computers were toys and espionage involved infiltrating shady men into secret rooms using a document microfilming device. banned) of people scattered in the English countryside, in the port of Hamburg, in the Bavarian capital or in the slums of Cape Town. The story begins with a cable that the US Embassy in Bonn sent to federal authorities \u2013 a message reporting the suspicious activities of Hamburg-based Dutch electronics retailer Peter Kluever[78]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CIA decides to invest in this man, as does the German army. In 1981, his two companies PK Electronics and PKI Electronic Intelligence GmbH already had contracts with the US government. In 1983, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Abdullah Ibn Nasir IBn Abd al-Asis Al Sa'ud, visited Hamburg and the German generals showed him the effects of the use of Kluever technology on the efficiency and cadence of Leopard tanks fired \u2013 which the government of Moved Riyadh to acquire this technology[79]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1987, Oelkers flew to Beijing for a demonstration of its new chips and delighted the Chinese generals who have become part of its clientele[80]<\/a>. As part of the agreements signed with the United States, from 1985, Kluever sold very modern American spy technology (developed by the Ocean Applied Research Corporation in San Diego[81]<\/a> and distributed by the CompuDyne Corporation group in Pennsylvania[82]<\/a>) Muhammar Ghaddafi in Libya, Hafiz Al-Assad in Syria, Haji Mohammad Suharto in Indonesia \u2013 the three presidents use it to intercept phone calls and radio broadcasts from opponents, foreign armies and rebel groups[83]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As he grew older, Kluever sold his company (the PK Electronics Group in Hamburg) to two engineers, the German Stephan Oelkers and the Englishman William Louthean Nelson. The latter had started running the Beijing office in 1985 and had established his own company, Personal Protection Products Ltd. Hong Kong[84]<\/a> in 1992, which until 1994, through its subsidiary in Hull[85]<\/a>, sold listening devices used by the British secret services to fight the IRA in Ulster[86]<\/a>. When Kluever retires, PK Electronics will be passed on to William Nelson and his Louthean son John Alexander Nelson, the founders of the Gamma International Group[87]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The chart of the investments of the Gamma International Group as well as of associated persons and companies \u2013 \u00a9 IBI World Ltd. London<\/sub><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A new era is beginning in which the old wiretapping will soon be overcome and forgotten. The young Louthean begins to work with Niels J\u00f8rgen Tobiasen and his two companies: The CBRN Team Ltd. London[88]<\/a> and The Phoenix Hazard Training Ltd. Darlington[89]<\/a>. It is an industrial operation that arose out of a contract to supply chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapons to Uganda[90]<\/a> which was negotiated with a member of the government, Ananias Tumukunde, who had accepted a bribe of \u00a3 40,000[91]<\/a>. An operation that ended with the arrest of Tumukunde in Kampala and Tobiasen in London in July 2007[92]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During these years, Louthean Nelson also tried to facilitate a collaboration with the hacking team of David Vincenzetti: with one of the best hackers of the Milan group, Alberto Pelliccione, Nelson tried after a while to find a system. to hack Nokia devices \u2013 but Pelliccione changes his mind when he finds out Nelson has started delivering weapons to countries affected by international sanctions through a company that has now been liquidated, Cyan Engineering Services SAL Beirut[93]<\/a>. Something that Pelliccione wants nothing to do with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps even more surprising is the next business: Nelson founds Elaman and relocates some activities to Switzerland[94]<\/a> because he is once again doing business with his father's former partner, Stephan Oelkers. Oelkers convinced Nelson to move his operations center from Hamburg to Munich and to accept a new partner, Holger G\u00fcnther Rumscheidt. This should work with the Austrian secret service[95]<\/a> and attempt to take the Bad Aibling station back from the NSA (American Military Intelligence)[96]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is an imposing and extremely symbolic temptation: the Bad Aibling interception station was born in 1936 as a military airport and radar center of the Luftwaffe, and at the end of the war, the American army converted it into a camp transit for released prisoners of war and victims of National Socialist concentration camps. A very famous concentration camp that the writers G\u00fcnter Grass and Joseph Ratzinger (the future Pope Benedict XVI) passed through[97]<\/a>. From 1952 until the closure, requested by the European Union in 2001 and carried out in 2004 (officially, since the facility was still in operation in 2013[98]<\/a>), the NSA of Bad Aibling assembled its Echelon systems[99]<\/a> to intercept telephone communications of the entire planet[100]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The takeover of the NSA station would have been the dedication of Nelson and his employees to a company of global significance and almost unlimited power. Negotiations were not over when FinFisher started selling its FinSpy to Turkey and the world began to see the danger. After the research in Munich, Switzerland and Romania, Nelson began to liquidate all the companies as quickly as possible: some of them (Computplus Ltd., G2 Systems Ltd., Gamma 2000 Ltd., Gamma 2000 Waste Management Ltd., Gamma International (UK) Ltd.) were liquidated in early February 2021 at the time of writing[101]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is no turning back<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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April 14, 2007: Over a million peaceful citizens protest against the abolition of freedom and against a regime that has turned their homeland into a hell of oppression, violence and misery. An exciting scene of humanity that could hardly be repeated<\/sub><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, that does not change the substance of things. Today, February 2021, the government and its intelligence agencies in at least 40 countries around the world, the vast majority of which are ruled by dictatorships, have in their hands software that not only goes beyond doomsday scenarios. described by George Orwell, but also from \"Brazil\" by Terry Gilliam: Now, a regime no longer needs to discover that someone is preparing a plot to isolate, torture, condemn and exterminate them. The state can create evidence with the click of a computer, using software that in a thousandth of a second will doom each one of us and implicate each of our loved ones in our destruction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a society where the alienation of the individual from the common context has already reached worrying proportions, the software developed and sold by a small handful of criminals totally unknown to the public has enabled humanity to embark on a path of no return: one where there is nothing more true and verifiable in which each of us must doubt who is around us, and even (and even more) ourselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The weakness and superficiality with which Western governments (especially the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom) have allowed this software to be distributed across the planet for purely selfish calculations is unforgivable and the sign that 75 years after the end of WWII, 30 years after the end of the cold war, and the fear of nuclear conflict when nature rebels against the foolish way we are destroying it, people have crossed the line ultimate \u2013 those in which the enemy who kills does not come from outside, but from within \u2013 and is inexorable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/65-in-yuzbinleri-6335051<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/6554851.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/laik-turkiye-icin-caglayan-a-6426626<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/3-miting-3-mesaj-6462629<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/izmir-rekor-bekliyor-6495436<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/turkey-used-german-spy-software-on-opposition-politicians-and-activists\/a-43787769<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/atalayar.com\/en\/content\/turkish-spy-networks-control-opponents<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-39416954<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.birgun.net\/haber\/iddia-pelikancilar-hakan-fidan-gitsin-diyor-283382<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trthaber.com\/haber\/gundem\/iletisim-baskanligi-berat-albayrakin-gorevden-af-talebi-kabul-edilmistir-529559.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/europe\/russia-accuses-president-erdogan-s-son-law-being-linked-isis-oil-trade-a6761436.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2016\/09\/turkey-redhackers-daunt-the-erdogan-family.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/thepressproject.gr\/exclusive-wikileaks-documents-relations-erdogan-isis-oil-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.duvarenglish.com\/sport\/2020\/02\/10\/politics-in-stadiums-fenerbahce-fans-urge-minister-albayrak-to-keep-hands-off-football<\/a> ; https:\/\/odatv4.com\/fenerbahceliler-damata-karsi-ayaga-kalkti-02022031.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> Intelligence Online, \u201cHakan Fidan close to ministerial promotion<\/em>\u201d, see in 2020.11.18 Hakan Fidan Minister<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkey-launches-project-to-train-1-million-software-developers-154081<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> 2017.04.13 T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mill%C3%AE_%C4%B0stihbarat_Te%C5%9Fkil%C3%A2t%C4%B1#Leitung<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> Hakan Fidan on Nexis, pages 57-60<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/t24.com.tr\/haber\/adanada-3-tir-durduruldu-arama-yapiliyor,248707<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> 1000 colpi di mortaio, 1000 colpi di artiglieria, 50\u2019000 fucili d'assalto e 30\u2019000 munizioni per mitragliatrice \u2013 see in https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529223636\/http:\/\/www.aktifhaber.com\/devlet-sirri-denilen-mit-tirlari-ile-ilgili-tapeler-1053377h.htm#<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[18]<\/a> http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com.tr\/haber\/mit-tirlari-boyle-durduruldu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/bianet.org\/bianet\/insan-haklari\/155519-tir-lari-durdurmakla-suclanan-13-askere-muebbet-istendi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.milliyet.com.tr\/gundem\/mit-tirlari-olayinda-yeni-gelisme-5-savci-gorevden-uzaklastirildi-1999064<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/erdogandan-canli-yayinda-can-dundara-tehdit-288885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/www.faz.net\/aktuell\/politik\/ausland\/europa\/tuerkei\/tuerkei-kampf-gegen-die-soldaten-des-lichts-12715816.html?printPagedArticle=true#pageIndex_3<\/a> ; https:\/\/taz.de\/Wie-Guelen-zum-Staatsfeind-Nr-1-wurde\/!5323191\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.sabah.com.tr\/gundem\/2021\/02\/03\/son-dakika-istihbarattaki-fetocu-generalden-bomba-itiraflar-tegmen-rutbemi-fetullah-gulen-takti<\/a> ; https:\/\/tr.sputniknews.com\/turkiye\/202001211041211454-sozcu-ilker-basbugu-cezaevine-attiran-feto-mektubunu-acikliyoruz\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.genios.de\/presse-archiv\/artikel\/FAZ\/20171111\/jagd-auf-die-guelenisten\/FR1201711115279571.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nadir.org\/nadir\/initiativ\/isku\/hintergrund\/geheimdienste\/geheim994.htm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/tuerkischer-geheimdienst-liess-erdogan-gegner-in-deutschland-ausspionieren\/12027820.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article157778863\/Erdogans-Agenten-bedrohen-Tuerken-in-Deutschland.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.derstandard.at\/story\/1397522175727\/geheimdienst-staat-tuerkei<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2020\/09\/turkey-austria-spy-nehammer-kurdish-clashes-protests-vienna.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/austria-turkey-espionage-int-idUSKBN25S4R5<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/10\/13\/world\/europe\/turkey-austria-erdogan-assassin.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/global-europe\/news\/flemish-minister-turkish-sponosred-mosque-is-nest-of-spies\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/07\/06\/influenced-by-gulenists-belgium-targets-turkish-mosques-fighting-extremism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/erdogan-critics-listed-by-turkish-embassy-in-prague-were-included-in-bogus-terrorism-probe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-kosovo-security-turkey-idUSKBN1H70CC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/opinion\/murat-yetkin\/turkish-intelligence-unveils-secret-codes-used-before-coup-attempt-103843<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2018\/09\/turkish-teachers-detained-moldova-gulen.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/balkaninsight.com\/2018\/09\/06\/six-turkish-professors-detained-by-moldovan-secret-services-09-06-2018\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/turkeypurge.com\/turkey-spying-imams-active-also-in-norway<\/a> ; https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/turkeys-autocratic-president-erdogans-spying-profiling-expands-in-norway\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/kafila.org\/www-matthewaid-com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[38]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/politics\/undiplomatic_swiss-eye-alleged-turkish-kidnapping-attempt\/43973170<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/swiss-foreign-minister-warns-turkey-against-illegal-spying-111199<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/eu-affairs\/2017\/05\/01\/as-anti-turkish-politics-grip-europe-turkish-swiss-policeman-arrested<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-brings-key-feto-suspect-from-ukraine-to-turkey-134608<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.meforum.org\/60976\/turkish-spy-agency-mit-intelligence-gathering-australia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-egypt-court\/egypt-detains-29-people-on-suspicion-of-espionage-for-turkey-idUSKBN1DM1AN<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.egypttoday.com\/Article\/1\/33764\/In-Pictures-Egypt-foils-Turkish-espionage-attempt<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-agency-brings-three-feto-members-from-gabon-to-turkey-130050<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/turkey\/turkish-intelligence-agency-rescues-a-kidnapped-italian-citizen-in-kenya-36192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20190807-libyan-national-army-turkish-intelligence-is-operating-in-tripoli\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/11\/27\/senior-feto-figure-captured-by-turkish-intelligence-in-sudan\/amp<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/07\/turkish-diplomats-have-extensively-spied-on-critics-in-the-united-states\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intel-returns-wanted-feto-from-azerbaijan-140108<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/06\/turkish-diplomats-spy-on-erdogan-critics-in-georgia-secret-document-reveals\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[52]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/cellmate-teacher-abducted-by-turkeys-mit-from-malaysia-subjected-to-torture-in-ankara\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligences-captures-feto-suspect-in-malaysia-146188<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[54]<\/a> https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/pakistan\/pakistan-admits-they-secretly-deported-turkish-family-wanted-by-erdogan-govt-4895423\/lite\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turkish_involvement_in_the_Syrian_civil_war<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[63]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 6-7, page 12<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[64]<\/a> https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847361\/UK-NCP-initial-complaint-privacy-international-and-others-against-gamma-international-uk-ltd.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847362\/UK-NCP-Final-statement-complaint-Privacy-International-Gamma-International-UK-Ltd.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847364\/uk-ncp-follow-up-statement-privacy-international-gamma-international.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[65]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/privacy-international-complaint-to-uk-ncp-about-gamma-international-uk-ltd<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[66]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/finfisher-malicious-spyware-disguised-mozilla-firefox-discovered-36-countries-1233177<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[67]<\/a> https:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/home\/security-news\/finfisher-command-and-control-hubs-turn-up-in-11-new-countries\/<\/a> ; 2013.04.01 SC Magazine on FinFisher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[68]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/german-prosecutors-investigate-spyware-maker-finfisher\/a-50293812<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[69]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/2020\/unsere-strafanzeige-razzia-bei-staatstrojaner-firma-finfisher-in-muenchen\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[70]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/intelligence_privacy\/avira-lantivirus-comprato-dai-servizi-segreti-del-golfo-persico\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/blogs.mediapart.fr\/paolo-fusi\/blog\/260920\/le-hacker-militaire-qui-achete-avira<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[71]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/research\/2020\/09\/german-made-finspy-spyware-found-in-egypt-and-mac-and-linux-versions-revealed\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[72]<\/a> https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/BL-DGB-23568<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/technology\/apple\/8912714\/Apple-iTunes-flaw-allowed-government-spying-for-3-years.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/krebsonsecurity.com\/2011\/11\/apple-took-3-years-to-fix-finfisher-trojan-hole\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2012-07-25\/cyber-attacks-on-activists-traced-to-finfisher-spyware-of-gamma<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[75]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/tecnologia\/2015\/07\/12\/news\/segreti-concorrenza-e-fobie-tutti-i-punti-deboli-di-hacking-team-1.35241096<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[76]<\/a> https:\/\/citizenlab.ca\/2015\/10\/mapping-finfishers-continuing-proliferation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[77]<\/a> https:\/\/bigbrotherawards.de\/en\/2012\/technology-gamma-international<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[78]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/pdf\/gammagrouploutheannelsonwapenhandelaarspursang.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/slideum.com\/doc\/9973831\/gehele-observant-%2369--januari-2017-politie-mercenaries<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[79]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[81]<\/a> U.S. Department of Commerce, Industry and Trade Administration, \u201cCommercial News USA<\/em>\u201d, U.S. Foreign Commercial Service, Washington DC, 1979, page 38<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[82]<\/a> https:\/\/www.referenceforbusiness.com\/history2\/1\/CompuDyne-Corporation.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[83]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[84]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/hk\/0475615<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[85]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/02088610<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[86]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[87]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/01958854<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[88]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/05318642<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[89]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/06591222<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[90]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[91]<\/a> https:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/200809010266.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[92]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nti.org\/gsn\/article\/danish-man-charged-with-wmd-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[94]<\/a> Elaman AG Malans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[95]<\/a> Holger G\u00fcnther Rumscheidt Kirchberg in Tirol<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[98]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[99]<\/a> James Bamford, \u201cBody of secrets: Anatomy of the ultra-secret NSA<\/em>\u201d, Anchor Books, New York, 2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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Erdo\u011fan has since transformed the Prime Minister's office into a registered government agency[11]<\/a> that controls certain Turkish consulates abroad \u2013 such as Atlanta, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, Washington DC (USA), Burnaby (Canada) and Rabat (Morocco)[12]<\/a> \u2013 and of course MIT too[13]<\/a>. In each of these agencies, Hakan Fidan plays the role of executive director[14]<\/a>. Maybe because MIT is not only active in Turkey, but all over the world ...<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On January 19, 2014, the Turkish gendarmerie blocked two trucks bound for Syria that were full of weapons[15]<\/a> \u2013 weapons intended to aid the Caliphate Army (ISIS)[16]<\/a> carried by MIT agents[17]<\/a>. Erdo\u011fan initially claimed that it was humanitarian aid[18]<\/a>, but some journalists managed to film the truck and the lie was discovered. Result: the 13 gendarmes who stopped the trucks were sentenced to long prison terms[19]<\/a>; The investigating judges were dismissed from their functions and charged[20]<\/a>; journalists involved in recording or publishing the information were sentenced to five years in prison[21]<\/a>. Police have been given new orders: never stop MIT vehicles from going overseas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of MIT's tasks is to fight the Hizmet sect and its preacher Fethullah G\u00fclen (tapping phones and the internet, stalking, kidnapping, torturing, murdering[22]<\/a>) in Turkey and abroad[23]<\/a>. However, MIT's main task is to fight opponents outside the country. Around 500 MIT officials and over 6,000 informants are active in Germany \u2013 an even larger and more powerful structure than STASI during the GDR era[24]<\/a> \u2013 whose purpose is not only to observe and report Turkish citizens who emigrated to Europe, but also to intervene physically[25]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of MIT's goals is to intercept communications to create fictitious evidence against critics of the Ankara regime and to justify their kidnapping and torture[26]<\/a>. A strategy that MIT is also pursuing in several other countries of the world \u2013 for example in Austria[27]<\/a>, Belgium[28]<\/a>, Czech Republic[29]<\/a>, France[30]<\/a>, Greece[31]<\/a>, Kosovo[32]<\/a>, Lithuania[33]<\/a>, Moldova[34]<\/a>, Norway[35]<\/a>, Serbia[36]<\/a>, Sweden[37]<\/a>, Switzerland[38]<\/a>, Ukraine[39]<\/a>, United Kingdom[40]<\/a>, Australia[41]<\/a>, Egypt[42]<\/a>, Gabon[43]<\/a>, Kenya[44]<\/a>, Libya[45]<\/a>, Sudan[46]<\/a>, United States[47]<\/a>, Armenia[48]<\/a>, Azerbaijan[49]<\/a>, Georgia[50]<\/a>, Iraq[51]<\/a>, Malaysia[52]<\/a>, Mongolia[53]<\/a>, Pakistan[54]<\/a> and Syria, where the Turkish government fights with its own army and supports ISIS[55]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German technology for Erdo\u011fan's torturer<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How FinFisher GmbH's FishSpy app works in Munich \u2013 the beating heart of MIT's Turkish spy system<\/sub><\/strong>[56]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The complex system of monitoring, hacking, interception and tampering necessary to monitor millions of people is no toy. NGOs from all over Europe are researching who developed such technology and found it in Germany \u2013 it is called FinSpy and is produced by three companies of the Gamma International group: FinFisher GmbH Munich, FinFisher Labs GmbH Munich and Elaman GmbH Munich. Four organizations were able to prove it to the German courts[57]<\/a>: Reporters Without Borders in Berlin (active throughout Europe, mainly concerned with press freedom[58]<\/a>), GFF Gesellschaft f\u00fcr Freiheitsrechte in Berlin (very active in monitoring illegal activities of the BND and other German secret services[59]<\/a>), Netzpolitik.org in Berlin (an online newspaper[60]<\/a>) and the European Center for the Constitution and Human Rights in Berlin[61]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Munich public prosecutor's office launches a criminal investigation based on the evidence presented by these NGOs: the aforementioned Bavarian companies have violated the foreign trade law on at least six points[62]<\/a> and have not only sold FinSpy to Turkey, but also to the governments of many other countries, including Bahrain, Egypt, Ethiopia, Libya, Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela[63]<\/a> \u2013 all countries which raise serious concerns about the democratic nature of the political system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The investigation revealed that these three companies were only originally one, Gamma International UK Ltd. Winchester, against whom an investigation opened in 2013 by the British judicial authorities was blocked[64]<\/a>, which would have put the company on the OECD blacklist at the end of 2016[65]<\/a> \u2013 a measure which prohibits anyone in the world from doing business with the group industrial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The British investigation was limited to the analysis of the sale of FinSpy to Bahrain, while the German investigation, accompanied by a large number of testimonies from victims of the terror of the Erdo\u011fan regime in Turkey and the abroad, goes much further and finds that FinSpy has been sold illegally in 36 countries[66]<\/a>, there are huge data centers in 11 countries[67]<\/a>, so it is now suspected that there are many more crimes hidden behind known facts[68]<\/a>. This is why the Munich prosecutor's office ordered a search of the premises of the Bavarian capital, but also of the Romanian branch of the Gamma International group, in October 2020[69]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is almost impossible to defend against FinSpy: the malware installs with fake updates disguised as official, via emails with fake attachments or through security holes in software \u2013 like Avira[70]<\/a> or iTunes from Apple \u2013 and then through the bogus platforms of the major search engines, Mac and Linux installations[71]<\/a>, email programs, social networks, websites for online shopping[72]<\/a>. Where Gamma International's malware fails, that of David Vincenzetti's[73]<\/a> hacking team[74]<\/a> is there. But this company is no longer there, Gamma has surpassed it, its founders are spread over many small companies[75]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who is behind the Chinese Boxen?<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In 2015, the Citizen Lab Institute in Toronto had identified 35 countries that illegally used the applications of the Gamma \/ FinFisher group<\/sub><\/strong>[76]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The investigation by the Munich prosecutor's office leaves a slightly bitter taste in the mouth: how is it possible that a complaint from four NGOs was necessary for investigation? It makes sense that the suspicion of hypocrisy arises, especially considering that the German Secret Service (BND) awarded Stephan Oelkers of Gamma International the Big Brother Awards in 2012, because Gamma was \"the world's best computer systems intrusion company. and installation of surveillance software<\/em> (...) Gamma offers its services on its website \u2013 although the development and distribution of this type of spyware is prohibited by German criminal law (Par. 282c StGB). However, this only applies to private customers, not sales to domestic authorities or the secret police of a foreign dictatorship. This is the reason why the Munich public prosecutor's office refused to initiate criminal proceedings against Gamma<\/em>\u201d[77]<\/a>. In short: everyone knew it all, but eight years ago the Munich prosecutor thought it was a trifle as long as this monstrous technology was being used by dictatorships to oppress their own people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To be precise, we know a lot about the illegal activities of this group since 1973 (when computers were toys and espionage involved infiltrating shady men into secret rooms using a document microfilming device. banned) of people scattered in the English countryside, in the port of Hamburg, in the Bavarian capital or in the slums of Cape Town. The story begins with a cable that the US Embassy in Bonn sent to federal authorities \u2013 a message reporting the suspicious activities of Hamburg-based Dutch electronics retailer Peter Kluever[78]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CIA decides to invest in this man, as does the German army. In 1981, his two companies PK Electronics and PKI Electronic Intelligence GmbH already had contracts with the US government. In 1983, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Abdullah Ibn Nasir IBn Abd al-Asis Al Sa'ud, visited Hamburg and the German generals showed him the effects of the use of Kluever technology on the efficiency and cadence of Leopard tanks fired \u2013 which the government of Moved Riyadh to acquire this technology[79]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1987, Oelkers flew to Beijing for a demonstration of its new chips and delighted the Chinese generals who have become part of its clientele[80]<\/a>. As part of the agreements signed with the United States, from 1985, Kluever sold very modern American spy technology (developed by the Ocean Applied Research Corporation in San Diego[81]<\/a> and distributed by the CompuDyne Corporation group in Pennsylvania[82]<\/a>) Muhammar Ghaddafi in Libya, Hafiz Al-Assad in Syria, Haji Mohammad Suharto in Indonesia \u2013 the three presidents use it to intercept phone calls and radio broadcasts from opponents, foreign armies and rebel groups[83]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As he grew older, Kluever sold his company (the PK Electronics Group in Hamburg) to two engineers, the German Stephan Oelkers and the Englishman William Louthean Nelson. The latter had started running the Beijing office in 1985 and had established his own company, Personal Protection Products Ltd. Hong Kong[84]<\/a> in 1992, which until 1994, through its subsidiary in Hull[85]<\/a>, sold listening devices used by the British secret services to fight the IRA in Ulster[86]<\/a>. When Kluever retires, PK Electronics will be passed on to William Nelson and his Louthean son John Alexander Nelson, the founders of the Gamma International Group[87]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The chart of the investments of the Gamma International Group as well as of associated persons and companies \u2013 \u00a9 IBI World Ltd. London<\/sub><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A new era is beginning in which the old wiretapping will soon be overcome and forgotten. The young Louthean begins to work with Niels J\u00f8rgen Tobiasen and his two companies: The CBRN Team Ltd. London[88]<\/a> and The Phoenix Hazard Training Ltd. Darlington[89]<\/a>. It is an industrial operation that arose out of a contract to supply chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapons to Uganda[90]<\/a> which was negotiated with a member of the government, Ananias Tumukunde, who had accepted a bribe of \u00a3 40,000[91]<\/a>. An operation that ended with the arrest of Tumukunde in Kampala and Tobiasen in London in July 2007[92]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During these years, Louthean Nelson also tried to facilitate a collaboration with the hacking team of David Vincenzetti: with one of the best hackers of the Milan group, Alberto Pelliccione, Nelson tried after a while to find a system. to hack Nokia devices \u2013 but Pelliccione changes his mind when he finds out Nelson has started delivering weapons to countries affected by international sanctions through a company that has now been liquidated, Cyan Engineering Services SAL Beirut[93]<\/a>. Something that Pelliccione wants nothing to do with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps even more surprising is the next business: Nelson founds Elaman and relocates some activities to Switzerland[94]<\/a> because he is once again doing business with his father's former partner, Stephan Oelkers. Oelkers convinced Nelson to move his operations center from Hamburg to Munich and to accept a new partner, Holger G\u00fcnther Rumscheidt. This should work with the Austrian secret service[95]<\/a> and attempt to take the Bad Aibling station back from the NSA (American Military Intelligence)[96]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is an imposing and extremely symbolic temptation: the Bad Aibling interception station was born in 1936 as a military airport and radar center of the Luftwaffe, and at the end of the war, the American army converted it into a camp transit for released prisoners of war and victims of National Socialist concentration camps. A very famous concentration camp that the writers G\u00fcnter Grass and Joseph Ratzinger (the future Pope Benedict XVI) passed through[97]<\/a>. From 1952 until the closure, requested by the European Union in 2001 and carried out in 2004 (officially, since the facility was still in operation in 2013[98]<\/a>), the NSA of Bad Aibling assembled its Echelon systems[99]<\/a> to intercept telephone communications of the entire planet[100]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The takeover of the NSA station would have been the dedication of Nelson and his employees to a company of global significance and almost unlimited power. Negotiations were not over when FinFisher started selling its FinSpy to Turkey and the world began to see the danger. After the research in Munich, Switzerland and Romania, Nelson began to liquidate all the companies as quickly as possible: some of them (Computplus Ltd., G2 Systems Ltd., Gamma 2000 Ltd., Gamma 2000 Waste Management Ltd., Gamma International (UK) Ltd.) were liquidated in early February 2021 at the time of writing[101]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is no turning back<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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April 14, 2007: Over a million peaceful citizens protest against the abolition of freedom and against a regime that has turned their homeland into a hell of oppression, violence and misery. An exciting scene of humanity that could hardly be repeated<\/sub><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, that does not change the substance of things. Today, February 2021, the government and its intelligence agencies in at least 40 countries around the world, the vast majority of which are ruled by dictatorships, have in their hands software that not only goes beyond doomsday scenarios. described by George Orwell, but also from \"Brazil\" by Terry Gilliam: Now, a regime no longer needs to discover that someone is preparing a plot to isolate, torture, condemn and exterminate them. The state can create evidence with the click of a computer, using software that in a thousandth of a second will doom each one of us and implicate each of our loved ones in our destruction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a society where the alienation of the individual from the common context has already reached worrying proportions, the software developed and sold by a small handful of criminals totally unknown to the public has enabled humanity to embark on a path of no return: one where there is nothing more true and verifiable in which each of us must doubt who is around us, and even (and even more) ourselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The weakness and superficiality with which Western governments (especially the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom) have allowed this software to be distributed across the planet for purely selfish calculations is unforgivable and the sign that 75 years after the end of WWII, 30 years after the end of the cold war, and the fear of nuclear conflict when nature rebels against the foolish way we are destroying it, people have crossed the line ultimate \u2013 those in which the enemy who kills does not come from outside, but from within \u2013 and is inexorable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/65-in-yuzbinleri-6335051<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/6554851.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/laik-turkiye-icin-caglayan-a-6426626<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/3-miting-3-mesaj-6462629<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/izmir-rekor-bekliyor-6495436<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/turkey-used-german-spy-software-on-opposition-politicians-and-activists\/a-43787769<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/atalayar.com\/en\/content\/turkish-spy-networks-control-opponents<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-39416954<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.birgun.net\/haber\/iddia-pelikancilar-hakan-fidan-gitsin-diyor-283382<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trthaber.com\/haber\/gundem\/iletisim-baskanligi-berat-albayrakin-gorevden-af-talebi-kabul-edilmistir-529559.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/europe\/russia-accuses-president-erdogan-s-son-law-being-linked-isis-oil-trade-a6761436.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2016\/09\/turkey-redhackers-daunt-the-erdogan-family.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/thepressproject.gr\/exclusive-wikileaks-documents-relations-erdogan-isis-oil-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.duvarenglish.com\/sport\/2020\/02\/10\/politics-in-stadiums-fenerbahce-fans-urge-minister-albayrak-to-keep-hands-off-football<\/a> ; https:\/\/odatv4.com\/fenerbahceliler-damata-karsi-ayaga-kalkti-02022031.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> Intelligence Online, \u201cHakan Fidan close to ministerial promotion<\/em>\u201d, see in 2020.11.18 Hakan Fidan Minister<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkey-launches-project-to-train-1-million-software-developers-154081<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> 2017.04.13 T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mill%C3%AE_%C4%B0stihbarat_Te%C5%9Fkil%C3%A2t%C4%B1#Leitung<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> Hakan Fidan on Nexis, pages 57-60<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/t24.com.tr\/haber\/adanada-3-tir-durduruldu-arama-yapiliyor,248707<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> 1000 colpi di mortaio, 1000 colpi di artiglieria, 50\u2019000 fucili d'assalto e 30\u2019000 munizioni per mitragliatrice \u2013 see in https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529223636\/http:\/\/www.aktifhaber.com\/devlet-sirri-denilen-mit-tirlari-ile-ilgili-tapeler-1053377h.htm#<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.haber7.com\/guncel\/haber\/1121773-mit-tirlari-neden-durduruldu<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com.tr\/haber\/mit-tirlari-boyle-durduruldu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/bianet.org\/bianet\/insan-haklari\/155519-tir-lari-durdurmakla-suclanan-13-askere-muebbet-istendi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.milliyet.com.tr\/gundem\/mit-tirlari-olayinda-yeni-gelisme-5-savci-gorevden-uzaklastirildi-1999064<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/erdogandan-canli-yayinda-can-dundara-tehdit-288885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/www.faz.net\/aktuell\/politik\/ausland\/europa\/tuerkei\/tuerkei-kampf-gegen-die-soldaten-des-lichts-12715816.html?printPagedArticle=true#pageIndex_3<\/a> ; https:\/\/taz.de\/Wie-Guelen-zum-Staatsfeind-Nr-1-wurde\/!5323191\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.sabah.com.tr\/gundem\/2021\/02\/03\/son-dakika-istihbarattaki-fetocu-generalden-bomba-itiraflar-tegmen-rutbemi-fetullah-gulen-takti<\/a> ; https:\/\/tr.sputniknews.com\/turkiye\/202001211041211454-sozcu-ilker-basbugu-cezaevine-attiran-feto-mektubunu-acikliyoruz\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.genios.de\/presse-archiv\/artikel\/FAZ\/20171111\/jagd-auf-die-guelenisten\/FR1201711115279571.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nadir.org\/nadir\/initiativ\/isku\/hintergrund\/geheimdienste\/geheim994.htm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/tuerkischer-geheimdienst-liess-erdogan-gegner-in-deutschland-ausspionieren\/12027820.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article157778863\/Erdogans-Agenten-bedrohen-Tuerken-in-Deutschland.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.derstandard.at\/story\/1397522175727\/geheimdienst-staat-tuerkei<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2020\/09\/turkey-austria-spy-nehammer-kurdish-clashes-protests-vienna.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/austria-turkey-espionage-int-idUSKBN25S4R5<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/10\/13\/world\/europe\/turkey-austria-erdogan-assassin.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/global-europe\/news\/flemish-minister-turkish-sponosred-mosque-is-nest-of-spies\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/07\/06\/influenced-by-gulenists-belgium-targets-turkish-mosques-fighting-extremism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/erdogan-critics-listed-by-turkish-embassy-in-prague-were-included-in-bogus-terrorism-probe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turk-greek-ties-strained-by-arson-row-10324<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-greece-germany-spying\/greek-police-arrest-german-on-suspicion-of-spying-idUSBRE97208820130803<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kathimerini.gr\/society\/896001\/istories-me-kataskopoys-sto-aigaio\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.larissanet.gr\/2019\/06\/21\/dikazetai-sti-rodo-kataskopos-tis-tourkias\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/ahvalnews.com\/mit\/turkish-intelligence-recruits-eu-retirees-spy-greece<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/04\/turkish-intelligence-operations-targeting-critics-in-greece-exposed-in-secret-documents\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/intelnews.org\/2016\/12\/09\/01-2023\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/more-secret-documents-confirming-vast-turkish-espionage-activities-in-greece-uncovered\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.skai.gr\/news\/greece\/dyo-syllipseis-ellinon-gia-kataskopeia-sti-rodo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-kosovo-security-turkey-idUSKBN1H70CC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/opinion\/murat-yetkin\/turkish-intelligence-unveils-secret-codes-used-before-coup-attempt-103843<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2018\/09\/turkish-teachers-detained-moldova-gulen.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/balkaninsight.com\/2018\/09\/06\/six-turkish-professors-detained-by-moldovan-secret-services-09-06-2018\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/turkeypurge.com\/turkey-spying-imams-active-also-in-norway<\/a> ; https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/turkeys-autocratic-president-erdogans-spying-profiling-expands-in-norway\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/kafila.org\/www-matthewaid-com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/report-sweden-launches-espionage-probe-into-turkish-govt-representatives\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/politics\/undiplomatic_swiss-eye-alleged-turkish-kidnapping-attempt\/43973170<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/swiss-foreign-minister-warns-turkey-against-illegal-spying-111199<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/eu-affairs\/2017\/05\/01\/as-anti-turkish-politics-grip-europe-turkish-swiss-policeman-arrested<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-brings-key-feto-suspect-from-ukraine-to-turkey-134608<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.meforum.org\/60976\/turkish-spy-agency-mit-intelligence-gathering-australia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-egypt-court\/egypt-detains-29-people-on-suspicion-of-espionage-for-turkey-idUSKBN1DM1AN<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.egypttoday.com\/Article\/1\/33764\/In-Pictures-Egypt-foils-Turkish-espionage-attempt<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-agency-brings-three-feto-members-from-gabon-to-turkey-130050<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/turkey\/turkish-intelligence-agency-rescues-a-kidnapped-italian-citizen-in-kenya-36192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20190807-libyan-national-army-turkish-intelligence-is-operating-in-tripoli\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/11\/27\/senior-feto-figure-captured-by-turkish-intelligence-in-sudan\/amp<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/07\/turkish-diplomats-have-extensively-spied-on-critics-in-the-united-states\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/1101683.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intel-returns-wanted-feto-from-azerbaijan-140108<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/06\/turkish-diplomats-spy-on-erdogan-critics-in-georgia-secret-document-reveals\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2019\/04\/22\/4-pkk-terrorists-brought-to-turkey-from-iraq-in-operation-by-turkish-intelligence<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/news\/pkk-confirms-capture-two-turkish-spies-iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.presstv.com\/Detail\/2017\/08\/29\/533306\/PKK-Turkish-officers-spying-Iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.sabah.com.tr\/gundem\/2019\/07\/07\/son-dakika-teror-orgutu-pkkkcknin-sozde-baskanlik-konseyi-uyesi-diyar-garip-muhammed-etkisiz-hale-getirildi<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thedefensepost.com\/2018\/08\/15\/turkey-airstrike-pkk-sinjar-iraq\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/menafn.com\/1098975780\/Turkish-warplanes-neutralize-4-PKK-terrorists-In-Iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2019\/09\/16\/3-pkk-terrorists-neutralized-by-turkish-jets-in-northern-iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkey-neutralizes-senior-female-ypg-pkk-terrorist-150730<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/cellmate-teacher-abducted-by-turkeys-mit-from-malaysia-subjected-to-torture-in-ankara\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligences-captures-feto-suspect-in-malaysia-146188<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[54]<\/a> https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/pakistan\/pakistan-admits-they-secretly-deported-turkish-family-wanted-by-erdogan-govt-4895423\/lite\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turkish_involvement_in_the_Syrian_civil_war<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/securityaffairs.co\/wordpress\/41169\/breaking-news\/finfisher-spyware-new-customers.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[58]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reporter-ohne-grenzen.de\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[60]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[61]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecchr.eu\/en\/about-us\/?L=2<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[62]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 4-5<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[63]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 6-7, page 12<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[64]<\/a> https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847361\/UK-NCP-initial-complaint-privacy-international-and-others-against-gamma-international-uk-ltd.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847362\/UK-NCP-Final-statement-complaint-Privacy-International-Gamma-International-UK-Ltd.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847364\/uk-ncp-follow-up-statement-privacy-international-gamma-international.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[65]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/privacy-international-complaint-to-uk-ncp-about-gamma-international-uk-ltd<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[67]<\/a> https:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/home\/security-news\/finfisher-command-and-control-hubs-turn-up-in-11-new-countries\/<\/a> ; 2013.04.01 SC Magazine on FinFisher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[68]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/german-prosecutors-investigate-spyware-maker-finfisher\/a-50293812<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[69]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/2020\/unsere-strafanzeige-razzia-bei-staatstrojaner-firma-finfisher-in-muenchen\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[70]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/intelligence_privacy\/avira-lantivirus-comprato-dai-servizi-segreti-del-golfo-persico\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/blogs.mediapart.fr\/paolo-fusi\/blog\/260920\/le-hacker-militaire-qui-achete-avira<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[71]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/research\/2020\/09\/german-made-finspy-spyware-found-in-egypt-and-mac-and-linux-versions-revealed\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[72]<\/a> https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/BL-DGB-23568<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/technology\/apple\/8912714\/Apple-iTunes-flaw-allowed-government-spying-for-3-years.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/krebsonsecurity.com\/2011\/11\/apple-took-3-years-to-fix-finfisher-trojan-hole\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2012-07-25\/cyber-attacks-on-activists-traced-to-finfisher-spyware-of-gamma<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[75]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/tecnologia\/2015\/07\/12\/news\/segreti-concorrenza-e-fobie-tutti-i-punti-deboli-di-hacking-team-1.35241096<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[76]<\/a> https:\/\/citizenlab.ca\/2015\/10\/mapping-finfishers-continuing-proliferation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[77]<\/a> https:\/\/bigbrotherawards.de\/en\/2012\/technology-gamma-international<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[78]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/pdf\/gammagrouploutheannelsonwapenhandelaarspursang.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/slideum.com\/doc\/9973831\/gehele-observant-%2369--januari-2017-politie-mercenaries<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[79]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[81]<\/a> U.S. Department of Commerce, Industry and Trade Administration, \u201cCommercial News USA<\/em>\u201d, U.S. Foreign Commercial Service, Washington DC, 1979, page 38<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[82]<\/a> https:\/\/www.referenceforbusiness.com\/history2\/1\/CompuDyne-Corporation.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[84]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/hk\/0475615<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[85]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/02088610<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[86]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[87]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/01958854<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[88]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/05318642<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[89]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/06591222<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[92]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nti.org\/gsn\/article\/danish-man-charged-with-wmd-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[94]<\/a> Elaman AG Malans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[95]<\/a> Holger G\u00fcnther Rumscheidt Kirchberg in Tirol<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[98]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[99]<\/a> James Bamford, \u201cBody of secrets: Anatomy of the ultra-secret NSA<\/em>\u201d, Anchor Books, New York, 2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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Albayrak was not chosen for his skills in economics, but because he is the coordinator of a whole telematic control project, for which the regime, after having trained a million state hackers, will control all economic transactions of every business and every citizen[10]<\/a>: officially to prevent tax evasion. The fact that Hakan Fidan has been at the head of this new ministry since January 2021 makes everything clear and simple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Erdo\u011fan has since transformed the Prime Minister's office into a registered government agency[11]<\/a> that controls certain Turkish consulates abroad \u2013 such as Atlanta, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, Washington DC (USA), Burnaby (Canada) and Rabat (Morocco)[12]<\/a> \u2013 and of course MIT too[13]<\/a>. In each of these agencies, Hakan Fidan plays the role of executive director[14]<\/a>. Maybe because MIT is not only active in Turkey, but all over the world ...<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On January 19, 2014, the Turkish gendarmerie blocked two trucks bound for Syria that were full of weapons[15]<\/a> \u2013 weapons intended to aid the Caliphate Army (ISIS)[16]<\/a> carried by MIT agents[17]<\/a>. Erdo\u011fan initially claimed that it was humanitarian aid[18]<\/a>, but some journalists managed to film the truck and the lie was discovered. Result: the 13 gendarmes who stopped the trucks were sentenced to long prison terms[19]<\/a>; The investigating judges were dismissed from their functions and charged[20]<\/a>; journalists involved in recording or publishing the information were sentenced to five years in prison[21]<\/a>. Police have been given new orders: never stop MIT vehicles from going overseas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of MIT's tasks is to fight the Hizmet sect and its preacher Fethullah G\u00fclen (tapping phones and the internet, stalking, kidnapping, torturing, murdering[22]<\/a>) in Turkey and abroad[23]<\/a>. However, MIT's main task is to fight opponents outside the country. Around 500 MIT officials and over 6,000 informants are active in Germany \u2013 an even larger and more powerful structure than STASI during the GDR era[24]<\/a> \u2013 whose purpose is not only to observe and report Turkish citizens who emigrated to Europe, but also to intervene physically[25]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of MIT's goals is to intercept communications to create fictitious evidence against critics of the Ankara regime and to justify their kidnapping and torture[26]<\/a>. A strategy that MIT is also pursuing in several other countries of the world \u2013 for example in Austria[27]<\/a>, Belgium[28]<\/a>, Czech Republic[29]<\/a>, France[30]<\/a>, Greece[31]<\/a>, Kosovo[32]<\/a>, Lithuania[33]<\/a>, Moldova[34]<\/a>, Norway[35]<\/a>, Serbia[36]<\/a>, Sweden[37]<\/a>, Switzerland[38]<\/a>, Ukraine[39]<\/a>, United Kingdom[40]<\/a>, Australia[41]<\/a>, Egypt[42]<\/a>, Gabon[43]<\/a>, Kenya[44]<\/a>, Libya[45]<\/a>, Sudan[46]<\/a>, United States[47]<\/a>, Armenia[48]<\/a>, Azerbaijan[49]<\/a>, Georgia[50]<\/a>, Iraq[51]<\/a>, Malaysia[52]<\/a>, Mongolia[53]<\/a>, Pakistan[54]<\/a> and Syria, where the Turkish government fights with its own army and supports ISIS[55]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German technology for Erdo\u011fan's torturer<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How FinFisher GmbH's FishSpy app works in Munich \u2013 the beating heart of MIT's Turkish spy system<\/sub><\/strong>[56]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The complex system of monitoring, hacking, interception and tampering necessary to monitor millions of people is no toy. NGOs from all over Europe are researching who developed such technology and found it in Germany \u2013 it is called FinSpy and is produced by three companies of the Gamma International group: FinFisher GmbH Munich, FinFisher Labs GmbH Munich and Elaman GmbH Munich. Four organizations were able to prove it to the German courts[57]<\/a>: Reporters Without Borders in Berlin (active throughout Europe, mainly concerned with press freedom[58]<\/a>), GFF Gesellschaft f\u00fcr Freiheitsrechte in Berlin (very active in monitoring illegal activities of the BND and other German secret services[59]<\/a>), Netzpolitik.org in Berlin (an online newspaper[60]<\/a>) and the European Center for the Constitution and Human Rights in Berlin[61]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Munich public prosecutor's office launches a criminal investigation based on the evidence presented by these NGOs: the aforementioned Bavarian companies have violated the foreign trade law on at least six points[62]<\/a> and have not only sold FinSpy to Turkey, but also to the governments of many other countries, including Bahrain, Egypt, Ethiopia, Libya, Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela[63]<\/a> \u2013 all countries which raise serious concerns about the democratic nature of the political system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The investigation revealed that these three companies were only originally one, Gamma International UK Ltd. Winchester, against whom an investigation opened in 2013 by the British judicial authorities was blocked[64]<\/a>, which would have put the company on the OECD blacklist at the end of 2016[65]<\/a> \u2013 a measure which prohibits anyone in the world from doing business with the group industrial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The British investigation was limited to the analysis of the sale of FinSpy to Bahrain, while the German investigation, accompanied by a large number of testimonies from victims of the terror of the Erdo\u011fan regime in Turkey and the abroad, goes much further and finds that FinSpy has been sold illegally in 36 countries[66]<\/a>, there are huge data centers in 11 countries[67]<\/a>, so it is now suspected that there are many more crimes hidden behind known facts[68]<\/a>. This is why the Munich prosecutor's office ordered a search of the premises of the Bavarian capital, but also of the Romanian branch of the Gamma International group, in October 2020[69]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is almost impossible to defend against FinSpy: the malware installs with fake updates disguised as official, via emails with fake attachments or through security holes in software \u2013 like Avira[70]<\/a> or iTunes from Apple \u2013 and then through the bogus platforms of the major search engines, Mac and Linux installations[71]<\/a>, email programs, social networks, websites for online shopping[72]<\/a>. Where Gamma International's malware fails, that of David Vincenzetti's[73]<\/a> hacking team[74]<\/a> is there. But this company is no longer there, Gamma has surpassed it, its founders are spread over many small companies[75]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who is behind the Chinese Boxen?<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In 2015, the Citizen Lab Institute in Toronto had identified 35 countries that illegally used the applications of the Gamma \/ FinFisher group<\/sub><\/strong>[76]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The investigation by the Munich prosecutor's office leaves a slightly bitter taste in the mouth: how is it possible that a complaint from four NGOs was necessary for investigation? It makes sense that the suspicion of hypocrisy arises, especially considering that the German Secret Service (BND) awarded Stephan Oelkers of Gamma International the Big Brother Awards in 2012, because Gamma was \"the world's best computer systems intrusion company. and installation of surveillance software<\/em> (...) Gamma offers its services on its website \u2013 although the development and distribution of this type of spyware is prohibited by German criminal law (Par. 282c StGB). However, this only applies to private customers, not sales to domestic authorities or the secret police of a foreign dictatorship. This is the reason why the Munich public prosecutor's office refused to initiate criminal proceedings against Gamma<\/em>\u201d[77]<\/a>. In short: everyone knew it all, but eight years ago the Munich prosecutor thought it was a trifle as long as this monstrous technology was being used by dictatorships to oppress their own people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To be precise, we know a lot about the illegal activities of this group since 1973 (when computers were toys and espionage involved infiltrating shady men into secret rooms using a document microfilming device. banned) of people scattered in the English countryside, in the port of Hamburg, in the Bavarian capital or in the slums of Cape Town. The story begins with a cable that the US Embassy in Bonn sent to federal authorities \u2013 a message reporting the suspicious activities of Hamburg-based Dutch electronics retailer Peter Kluever[78]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CIA decides to invest in this man, as does the German army. In 1981, his two companies PK Electronics and PKI Electronic Intelligence GmbH already had contracts with the US government. In 1983, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Abdullah Ibn Nasir IBn Abd al-Asis Al Sa'ud, visited Hamburg and the German generals showed him the effects of the use of Kluever technology on the efficiency and cadence of Leopard tanks fired \u2013 which the government of Moved Riyadh to acquire this technology[79]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1987, Oelkers flew to Beijing for a demonstration of its new chips and delighted the Chinese generals who have become part of its clientele[80]<\/a>. As part of the agreements signed with the United States, from 1985, Kluever sold very modern American spy technology (developed by the Ocean Applied Research Corporation in San Diego[81]<\/a> and distributed by the CompuDyne Corporation group in Pennsylvania[82]<\/a>) Muhammar Ghaddafi in Libya, Hafiz Al-Assad in Syria, Haji Mohammad Suharto in Indonesia \u2013 the three presidents use it to intercept phone calls and radio broadcasts from opponents, foreign armies and rebel groups[83]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As he grew older, Kluever sold his company (the PK Electronics Group in Hamburg) to two engineers, the German Stephan Oelkers and the Englishman William Louthean Nelson. The latter had started running the Beijing office in 1985 and had established his own company, Personal Protection Products Ltd. Hong Kong[84]<\/a> in 1992, which until 1994, through its subsidiary in Hull[85]<\/a>, sold listening devices used by the British secret services to fight the IRA in Ulster[86]<\/a>. When Kluever retires, PK Electronics will be passed on to William Nelson and his Louthean son John Alexander Nelson, the founders of the Gamma International Group[87]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The chart of the investments of the Gamma International Group as well as of associated persons and companies \u2013 \u00a9 IBI World Ltd. London<\/sub><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A new era is beginning in which the old wiretapping will soon be overcome and forgotten. The young Louthean begins to work with Niels J\u00f8rgen Tobiasen and his two companies: The CBRN Team Ltd. London[88]<\/a> and The Phoenix Hazard Training Ltd. Darlington[89]<\/a>. It is an industrial operation that arose out of a contract to supply chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapons to Uganda[90]<\/a> which was negotiated with a member of the government, Ananias Tumukunde, who had accepted a bribe of \u00a3 40,000[91]<\/a>. An operation that ended with the arrest of Tumukunde in Kampala and Tobiasen in London in July 2007[92]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During these years, Louthean Nelson also tried to facilitate a collaboration with the hacking team of David Vincenzetti: with one of the best hackers of the Milan group, Alberto Pelliccione, Nelson tried after a while to find a system. to hack Nokia devices \u2013 but Pelliccione changes his mind when he finds out Nelson has started delivering weapons to countries affected by international sanctions through a company that has now been liquidated, Cyan Engineering Services SAL Beirut[93]<\/a>. Something that Pelliccione wants nothing to do with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps even more surprising is the next business: Nelson founds Elaman and relocates some activities to Switzerland[94]<\/a> because he is once again doing business with his father's former partner, Stephan Oelkers. Oelkers convinced Nelson to move his operations center from Hamburg to Munich and to accept a new partner, Holger G\u00fcnther Rumscheidt. This should work with the Austrian secret service[95]<\/a> and attempt to take the Bad Aibling station back from the NSA (American Military Intelligence)[96]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is an imposing and extremely symbolic temptation: the Bad Aibling interception station was born in 1936 as a military airport and radar center of the Luftwaffe, and at the end of the war, the American army converted it into a camp transit for released prisoners of war and victims of National Socialist concentration camps. A very famous concentration camp that the writers G\u00fcnter Grass and Joseph Ratzinger (the future Pope Benedict XVI) passed through[97]<\/a>. From 1952 until the closure, requested by the European Union in 2001 and carried out in 2004 (officially, since the facility was still in operation in 2013[98]<\/a>), the NSA of Bad Aibling assembled its Echelon systems[99]<\/a> to intercept telephone communications of the entire planet[100]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The takeover of the NSA station would have been the dedication of Nelson and his employees to a company of global significance and almost unlimited power. Negotiations were not over when FinFisher started selling its FinSpy to Turkey and the world began to see the danger. After the research in Munich, Switzerland and Romania, Nelson began to liquidate all the companies as quickly as possible: some of them (Computplus Ltd., G2 Systems Ltd., Gamma 2000 Ltd., Gamma 2000 Waste Management Ltd., Gamma International (UK) Ltd.) were liquidated in early February 2021 at the time of writing[101]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is no turning back<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

April 14, 2007: Over a million peaceful citizens protest against the abolition of freedom and against a regime that has turned their homeland into a hell of oppression, violence and misery. An exciting scene of humanity that could hardly be repeated<\/sub><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, that does not change the substance of things. Today, February 2021, the government and its intelligence agencies in at least 40 countries around the world, the vast majority of which are ruled by dictatorships, have in their hands software that not only goes beyond doomsday scenarios. described by George Orwell, but also from \"Brazil\" by Terry Gilliam: Now, a regime no longer needs to discover that someone is preparing a plot to isolate, torture, condemn and exterminate them. The state can create evidence with the click of a computer, using software that in a thousandth of a second will doom each one of us and implicate each of our loved ones in our destruction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a society where the alienation of the individual from the common context has already reached worrying proportions, the software developed and sold by a small handful of criminals totally unknown to the public has enabled humanity to embark on a path of no return: one where there is nothing more true and verifiable in which each of us must doubt who is around us, and even (and even more) ourselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The weakness and superficiality with which Western governments (especially the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom) have allowed this software to be distributed across the planet for purely selfish calculations is unforgivable and the sign that 75 years after the end of WWII, 30 years after the end of the cold war, and the fear of nuclear conflict when nature rebels against the foolish way we are destroying it, people have crossed the line ultimate \u2013 those in which the enemy who kills does not come from outside, but from within \u2013 and is inexorable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/65-in-yuzbinleri-6335051<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/6554851.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/laik-turkiye-icin-caglayan-a-6426626<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/3-miting-3-mesaj-6462629<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/izmir-rekor-bekliyor-6495436<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/turkey-used-german-spy-software-on-opposition-politicians-and-activists\/a-43787769<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/atalayar.com\/en\/content\/turkish-spy-networks-control-opponents<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-39416954<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.birgun.net\/haber\/iddia-pelikancilar-hakan-fidan-gitsin-diyor-283382<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trthaber.com\/haber\/gundem\/iletisim-baskanligi-berat-albayrakin-gorevden-af-talebi-kabul-edilmistir-529559.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/europe\/russia-accuses-president-erdogan-s-son-law-being-linked-isis-oil-trade-a6761436.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2016\/09\/turkey-redhackers-daunt-the-erdogan-family.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/thepressproject.gr\/exclusive-wikileaks-documents-relations-erdogan-isis-oil-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.duvarenglish.com\/sport\/2020\/02\/10\/politics-in-stadiums-fenerbahce-fans-urge-minister-albayrak-to-keep-hands-off-football<\/a> ; https:\/\/odatv4.com\/fenerbahceliler-damata-karsi-ayaga-kalkti-02022031.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> Intelligence Online, \u201cHakan Fidan close to ministerial promotion<\/em>\u201d, see in 2020.11.18 Hakan Fidan Minister<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkey-launches-project-to-train-1-million-software-developers-154081<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> 2017.04.13 T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mill%C3%AE_%C4%B0stihbarat_Te%C5%9Fkil%C3%A2t%C4%B1#Leitung<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> Hakan Fidan on Nexis, pages 57-60<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/t24.com.tr\/haber\/adanada-3-tir-durduruldu-arama-yapiliyor,248707<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> 1000 colpi di mortaio, 1000 colpi di artiglieria, 50\u2019000 fucili d'assalto e 30\u2019000 munizioni per mitragliatrice \u2013 see in https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529223636\/http:\/\/www.aktifhaber.com\/devlet-sirri-denilen-mit-tirlari-ile-ilgili-tapeler-1053377h.htm#<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.haber7.com\/guncel\/haber\/1121773-mit-tirlari-neden-durduruldu<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com.tr\/haber\/mit-tirlari-boyle-durduruldu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/bianet.org\/bianet\/insan-haklari\/155519-tir-lari-durdurmakla-suclanan-13-askere-muebbet-istendi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.milliyet.com.tr\/gundem\/mit-tirlari-olayinda-yeni-gelisme-5-savci-gorevden-uzaklastirildi-1999064<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/erdogandan-canli-yayinda-can-dundara-tehdit-288885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/www.faz.net\/aktuell\/politik\/ausland\/europa\/tuerkei\/tuerkei-kampf-gegen-die-soldaten-des-lichts-12715816.html?printPagedArticle=true#pageIndex_3<\/a> ; https:\/\/taz.de\/Wie-Guelen-zum-Staatsfeind-Nr-1-wurde\/!5323191\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.sabah.com.tr\/gundem\/2021\/02\/03\/son-dakika-istihbarattaki-fetocu-generalden-bomba-itiraflar-tegmen-rutbemi-fetullah-gulen-takti<\/a> ; https:\/\/tr.sputniknews.com\/turkiye\/202001211041211454-sozcu-ilker-basbugu-cezaevine-attiran-feto-mektubunu-acikliyoruz\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.genios.de\/presse-archiv\/artikel\/FAZ\/20171111\/jagd-auf-die-guelenisten\/FR1201711115279571.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nadir.org\/nadir\/initiativ\/isku\/hintergrund\/geheimdienste\/geheim994.htm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/tuerkischer-geheimdienst-liess-erdogan-gegner-in-deutschland-ausspionieren\/12027820.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article157778863\/Erdogans-Agenten-bedrohen-Tuerken-in-Deutschland.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.derstandard.at\/story\/1397522175727\/geheimdienst-staat-tuerkei<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2020\/09\/turkey-austria-spy-nehammer-kurdish-clashes-protests-vienna.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/austria-turkey-espionage-int-idUSKBN25S4R5<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/10\/13\/world\/europe\/turkey-austria-erdogan-assassin.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/global-europe\/news\/flemish-minister-turkish-sponosred-mosque-is-nest-of-spies\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/07\/06\/influenced-by-gulenists-belgium-targets-turkish-mosques-fighting-extremism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/erdogan-critics-listed-by-turkish-embassy-in-prague-were-included-in-bogus-terrorism-probe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turk-greek-ties-strained-by-arson-row-10324<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-greece-germany-spying\/greek-police-arrest-german-on-suspicion-of-spying-idUSBRE97208820130803<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kathimerini.gr\/society\/896001\/istories-me-kataskopoys-sto-aigaio\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.larissanet.gr\/2019\/06\/21\/dikazetai-sti-rodo-kataskopos-tis-tourkias\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/ahvalnews.com\/mit\/turkish-intelligence-recruits-eu-retirees-spy-greece<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/04\/turkish-intelligence-operations-targeting-critics-in-greece-exposed-in-secret-documents\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/intelnews.org\/2016\/12\/09\/01-2023\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/more-secret-documents-confirming-vast-turkish-espionage-activities-in-greece-uncovered\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.skai.gr\/news\/greece\/dyo-syllipseis-ellinon-gia-kataskopeia-sti-rodo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-kosovo-security-turkey-idUSKBN1H70CC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/opinion\/murat-yetkin\/turkish-intelligence-unveils-secret-codes-used-before-coup-attempt-103843<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2018\/09\/turkish-teachers-detained-moldova-gulen.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/balkaninsight.com\/2018\/09\/06\/six-turkish-professors-detained-by-moldovan-secret-services-09-06-2018\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/turkeypurge.com\/turkey-spying-imams-active-also-in-norway<\/a> ; https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/turkeys-autocratic-president-erdogans-spying-profiling-expands-in-norway\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/kafila.org\/www-matthewaid-com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/report-sweden-launches-espionage-probe-into-turkish-govt-representatives\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/politics\/undiplomatic_swiss-eye-alleged-turkish-kidnapping-attempt\/43973170<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/swiss-foreign-minister-warns-turkey-against-illegal-spying-111199<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/eu-affairs\/2017\/05\/01\/as-anti-turkish-politics-grip-europe-turkish-swiss-policeman-arrested<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-brings-key-feto-suspect-from-ukraine-to-turkey-134608<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.meforum.org\/60976\/turkish-spy-agency-mit-intelligence-gathering-australia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-egypt-court\/egypt-detains-29-people-on-suspicion-of-espionage-for-turkey-idUSKBN1DM1AN<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.egypttoday.com\/Article\/1\/33764\/In-Pictures-Egypt-foils-Turkish-espionage-attempt<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-agency-brings-three-feto-members-from-gabon-to-turkey-130050<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/turkey\/turkish-intelligence-agency-rescues-a-kidnapped-italian-citizen-in-kenya-36192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20190807-libyan-national-army-turkish-intelligence-is-operating-in-tripoli\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/11\/27\/senior-feto-figure-captured-by-turkish-intelligence-in-sudan\/amp<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/07\/turkish-diplomats-have-extensively-spied-on-critics-in-the-united-states\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/1101683.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intel-returns-wanted-feto-from-azerbaijan-140108<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/06\/turkish-diplomats-spy-on-erdogan-critics-in-georgia-secret-document-reveals\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2019\/04\/22\/4-pkk-terrorists-brought-to-turkey-from-iraq-in-operation-by-turkish-intelligence<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/news\/pkk-confirms-capture-two-turkish-spies-iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.presstv.com\/Detail\/2017\/08\/29\/533306\/PKK-Turkish-officers-spying-Iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.sabah.com.tr\/gundem\/2019\/07\/07\/son-dakika-teror-orgutu-pkkkcknin-sozde-baskanlik-konseyi-uyesi-diyar-garip-muhammed-etkisiz-hale-getirildi<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thedefensepost.com\/2018\/08\/15\/turkey-airstrike-pkk-sinjar-iraq\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/menafn.com\/1098975780\/Turkish-warplanes-neutralize-4-PKK-terrorists-In-Iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2019\/09\/16\/3-pkk-terrorists-neutralized-by-turkish-jets-in-northern-iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkey-neutralizes-senior-female-ypg-pkk-terrorist-150730<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/cellmate-teacher-abducted-by-turkeys-mit-from-malaysia-subjected-to-torture-in-ankara\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligences-captures-feto-suspect-in-malaysia-146188<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-mongolia-kidnapping-turkey-idUSKBN1KI03N<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/pakistan\/pakistan-admits-they-secretly-deported-turkish-family-wanted-by-erdogan-govt-4895423\/lite\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turkish_involvement_in_the_Syrian_civil_war<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/securityaffairs.co\/wordpress\/41169\/breaking-news\/finfisher-spyware-new-customers.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[58]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reporter-ohne-grenzen.de\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/freiheitsrechte.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[60]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[61]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecchr.eu\/en\/about-us\/?L=2<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[62]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 4-5<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[63]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 6-7, page 12<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[64]<\/a> https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847361\/UK-NCP-initial-complaint-privacy-international-and-others-against-gamma-international-uk-ltd.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847362\/UK-NCP-Final-statement-complaint-Privacy-International-Gamma-International-UK-Ltd.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847364\/uk-ncp-follow-up-statement-privacy-international-gamma-international.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[65]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/privacy-international-complaint-to-uk-ncp-about-gamma-international-uk-ltd<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[66]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/finfisher-malicious-spyware-disguised-mozilla-firefox-discovered-36-countries-1233177<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[67]<\/a> https:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/home\/security-news\/finfisher-command-and-control-hubs-turn-up-in-11-new-countries\/<\/a> ; 2013.04.01 SC Magazine on FinFisher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[68]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/german-prosecutors-investigate-spyware-maker-finfisher\/a-50293812<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[69]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/2020\/unsere-strafanzeige-razzia-bei-staatstrojaner-firma-finfisher-in-muenchen\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[70]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/intelligence_privacy\/avira-lantivirus-comprato-dai-servizi-segreti-del-golfo-persico\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/blogs.mediapart.fr\/paolo-fusi\/blog\/260920\/le-hacker-militaire-qui-achete-avira<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[71]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/research\/2020\/09\/german-made-finspy-spyware-found-in-egypt-and-mac-and-linux-versions-revealed\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[76]<\/a> https:\/\/citizenlab.ca\/2015\/10\/mapping-finfishers-continuing-proliferation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[77]<\/a> https:\/\/bigbrotherawards.de\/en\/2012\/technology-gamma-international<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[78]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/pdf\/gammagrouploutheannelsonwapenhandelaarspursang.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/slideum.com\/doc\/9973831\/gehele-observant-%2369--januari-2017-politie-mercenaries<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[81]<\/a> U.S. Department of Commerce, Industry and Trade Administration, \u201cCommercial News USA<\/em>\u201d, U.S. Foreign Commercial Service, Washington DC, 1979, page 38<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[82]<\/a> https:\/\/www.referenceforbusiness.com\/history2\/1\/CompuDyne-Corporation.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[85]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/02088610<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[86]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[94]<\/a> Elaman AG Malans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[95]<\/a> Holger G\u00fcnther Rumscheidt Kirchberg in Tirol<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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The operation is led by Hakan Fidan, a close friend of Erdo\u011fan and head of the Turkish intelligence service (MIT \u2013 Mill\u00ee \u0130stihbarat Te\u015fkil\u00e2t\u0131): he is a sergeant who, after meeting the future dictator, followed his career as a leader security then gradually reached a framework of military espionage, to the point that in November 2020, following the resignation of Erdo\u011fan's son-in-law, Berat Albayrak[6]<\/a> (who financed ISIS as part of its cooperation with the Iraq[7]<\/a>, as well as his participation in the scandal of the manipulation of the results of the Turkish Football League got into trouble[8]<\/a>), he became the main candidate for the office of the new Minister of Finance[9]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Albayrak was not chosen for his skills in economics, but because he is the coordinator of a whole telematic control project, for which the regime, after having trained a million state hackers, will control all economic transactions of every business and every citizen[10]<\/a>: officially to prevent tax evasion. The fact that Hakan Fidan has been at the head of this new ministry since January 2021 makes everything clear and simple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Erdo\u011fan has since transformed the Prime Minister's office into a registered government agency[11]<\/a> that controls certain Turkish consulates abroad \u2013 such as Atlanta, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, Washington DC (USA), Burnaby (Canada) and Rabat (Morocco)[12]<\/a> \u2013 and of course MIT too[13]<\/a>. In each of these agencies, Hakan Fidan plays the role of executive director[14]<\/a>. Maybe because MIT is not only active in Turkey, but all over the world ...<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On January 19, 2014, the Turkish gendarmerie blocked two trucks bound for Syria that were full of weapons[15]<\/a> \u2013 weapons intended to aid the Caliphate Army (ISIS)[16]<\/a> carried by MIT agents[17]<\/a>. Erdo\u011fan initially claimed that it was humanitarian aid[18]<\/a>, but some journalists managed to film the truck and the lie was discovered. Result: the 13 gendarmes who stopped the trucks were sentenced to long prison terms[19]<\/a>; The investigating judges were dismissed from their functions and charged[20]<\/a>; journalists involved in recording or publishing the information were sentenced to five years in prison[21]<\/a>. Police have been given new orders: never stop MIT vehicles from going overseas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of MIT's tasks is to fight the Hizmet sect and its preacher Fethullah G\u00fclen (tapping phones and the internet, stalking, kidnapping, torturing, murdering[22]<\/a>) in Turkey and abroad[23]<\/a>. However, MIT's main task is to fight opponents outside the country. Around 500 MIT officials and over 6,000 informants are active in Germany \u2013 an even larger and more powerful structure than STASI during the GDR era[24]<\/a> \u2013 whose purpose is not only to observe and report Turkish citizens who emigrated to Europe, but also to intervene physically[25]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of MIT's goals is to intercept communications to create fictitious evidence against critics of the Ankara regime and to justify their kidnapping and torture[26]<\/a>. A strategy that MIT is also pursuing in several other countries of the world \u2013 for example in Austria[27]<\/a>, Belgium[28]<\/a>, Czech Republic[29]<\/a>, France[30]<\/a>, Greece[31]<\/a>, Kosovo[32]<\/a>, Lithuania[33]<\/a>, Moldova[34]<\/a>, Norway[35]<\/a>, Serbia[36]<\/a>, Sweden[37]<\/a>, Switzerland[38]<\/a>, Ukraine[39]<\/a>, United Kingdom[40]<\/a>, Australia[41]<\/a>, Egypt[42]<\/a>, Gabon[43]<\/a>, Kenya[44]<\/a>, Libya[45]<\/a>, Sudan[46]<\/a>, United States[47]<\/a>, Armenia[48]<\/a>, Azerbaijan[49]<\/a>, Georgia[50]<\/a>, Iraq[51]<\/a>, Malaysia[52]<\/a>, Mongolia[53]<\/a>, Pakistan[54]<\/a> and Syria, where the Turkish government fights with its own army and supports ISIS[55]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German technology for Erdo\u011fan's torturer<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How FinFisher GmbH's FishSpy app works in Munich \u2013 the beating heart of MIT's Turkish spy system<\/sub><\/strong>[56]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The complex system of monitoring, hacking, interception and tampering necessary to monitor millions of people is no toy. NGOs from all over Europe are researching who developed such technology and found it in Germany \u2013 it is called FinSpy and is produced by three companies of the Gamma International group: FinFisher GmbH Munich, FinFisher Labs GmbH Munich and Elaman GmbH Munich. Four organizations were able to prove it to the German courts[57]<\/a>: Reporters Without Borders in Berlin (active throughout Europe, mainly concerned with press freedom[58]<\/a>), GFF Gesellschaft f\u00fcr Freiheitsrechte in Berlin (very active in monitoring illegal activities of the BND and other German secret services[59]<\/a>), Netzpolitik.org in Berlin (an online newspaper[60]<\/a>) and the European Center for the Constitution and Human Rights in Berlin[61]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Munich public prosecutor's office launches a criminal investigation based on the evidence presented by these NGOs: the aforementioned Bavarian companies have violated the foreign trade law on at least six points[62]<\/a> and have not only sold FinSpy to Turkey, but also to the governments of many other countries, including Bahrain, Egypt, Ethiopia, Libya, Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela[63]<\/a> \u2013 all countries which raise serious concerns about the democratic nature of the political system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The investigation revealed that these three companies were only originally one, Gamma International UK Ltd. Winchester, against whom an investigation opened in 2013 by the British judicial authorities was blocked[64]<\/a>, which would have put the company on the OECD blacklist at the end of 2016[65]<\/a> \u2013 a measure which prohibits anyone in the world from doing business with the group industrial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The British investigation was limited to the analysis of the sale of FinSpy to Bahrain, while the German investigation, accompanied by a large number of testimonies from victims of the terror of the Erdo\u011fan regime in Turkey and the abroad, goes much further and finds that FinSpy has been sold illegally in 36 countries[66]<\/a>, there are huge data centers in 11 countries[67]<\/a>, so it is now suspected that there are many more crimes hidden behind known facts[68]<\/a>. This is why the Munich prosecutor's office ordered a search of the premises of the Bavarian capital, but also of the Romanian branch of the Gamma International group, in October 2020[69]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is almost impossible to defend against FinSpy: the malware installs with fake updates disguised as official, via emails with fake attachments or through security holes in software \u2013 like Avira[70]<\/a> or iTunes from Apple \u2013 and then through the bogus platforms of the major search engines, Mac and Linux installations[71]<\/a>, email programs, social networks, websites for online shopping[72]<\/a>. Where Gamma International's malware fails, that of David Vincenzetti's[73]<\/a> hacking team[74]<\/a> is there. But this company is no longer there, Gamma has surpassed it, its founders are spread over many small companies[75]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who is behind the Chinese Boxen?<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In 2015, the Citizen Lab Institute in Toronto had identified 35 countries that illegally used the applications of the Gamma \/ FinFisher group<\/sub><\/strong>[76]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The investigation by the Munich prosecutor's office leaves a slightly bitter taste in the mouth: how is it possible that a complaint from four NGOs was necessary for investigation? It makes sense that the suspicion of hypocrisy arises, especially considering that the German Secret Service (BND) awarded Stephan Oelkers of Gamma International the Big Brother Awards in 2012, because Gamma was \"the world's best computer systems intrusion company. and installation of surveillance software<\/em> (...) Gamma offers its services on its website \u2013 although the development and distribution of this type of spyware is prohibited by German criminal law (Par. 282c StGB). However, this only applies to private customers, not sales to domestic authorities or the secret police of a foreign dictatorship. This is the reason why the Munich public prosecutor's office refused to initiate criminal proceedings against Gamma<\/em>\u201d[77]<\/a>. In short: everyone knew it all, but eight years ago the Munich prosecutor thought it was a trifle as long as this monstrous technology was being used by dictatorships to oppress their own people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To be precise, we know a lot about the illegal activities of this group since 1973 (when computers were toys and espionage involved infiltrating shady men into secret rooms using a document microfilming device. banned) of people scattered in the English countryside, in the port of Hamburg, in the Bavarian capital or in the slums of Cape Town. The story begins with a cable that the US Embassy in Bonn sent to federal authorities \u2013 a message reporting the suspicious activities of Hamburg-based Dutch electronics retailer Peter Kluever[78]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CIA decides to invest in this man, as does the German army. In 1981, his two companies PK Electronics and PKI Electronic Intelligence GmbH already had contracts with the US government. In 1983, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Abdullah Ibn Nasir IBn Abd al-Asis Al Sa'ud, visited Hamburg and the German generals showed him the effects of the use of Kluever technology on the efficiency and cadence of Leopard tanks fired \u2013 which the government of Moved Riyadh to acquire this technology[79]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1987, Oelkers flew to Beijing for a demonstration of its new chips and delighted the Chinese generals who have become part of its clientele[80]<\/a>. As part of the agreements signed with the United States, from 1985, Kluever sold very modern American spy technology (developed by the Ocean Applied Research Corporation in San Diego[81]<\/a> and distributed by the CompuDyne Corporation group in Pennsylvania[82]<\/a>) Muhammar Ghaddafi in Libya, Hafiz Al-Assad in Syria, Haji Mohammad Suharto in Indonesia \u2013 the three presidents use it to intercept phone calls and radio broadcasts from opponents, foreign armies and rebel groups[83]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As he grew older, Kluever sold his company (the PK Electronics Group in Hamburg) to two engineers, the German Stephan Oelkers and the Englishman William Louthean Nelson. The latter had started running the Beijing office in 1985 and had established his own company, Personal Protection Products Ltd. Hong Kong[84]<\/a> in 1992, which until 1994, through its subsidiary in Hull[85]<\/a>, sold listening devices used by the British secret services to fight the IRA in Ulster[86]<\/a>. When Kluever retires, PK Electronics will be passed on to William Nelson and his Louthean son John Alexander Nelson, the founders of the Gamma International Group[87]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The chart of the investments of the Gamma International Group as well as of associated persons and companies \u2013 \u00a9 IBI World Ltd. London<\/sub><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A new era is beginning in which the old wiretapping will soon be overcome and forgotten. The young Louthean begins to work with Niels J\u00f8rgen Tobiasen and his two companies: The CBRN Team Ltd. London[88]<\/a> and The Phoenix Hazard Training Ltd. Darlington[89]<\/a>. It is an industrial operation that arose out of a contract to supply chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapons to Uganda[90]<\/a> which was negotiated with a member of the government, Ananias Tumukunde, who had accepted a bribe of \u00a3 40,000[91]<\/a>. An operation that ended with the arrest of Tumukunde in Kampala and Tobiasen in London in July 2007[92]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During these years, Louthean Nelson also tried to facilitate a collaboration with the hacking team of David Vincenzetti: with one of the best hackers of the Milan group, Alberto Pelliccione, Nelson tried after a while to find a system. to hack Nokia devices \u2013 but Pelliccione changes his mind when he finds out Nelson has started delivering weapons to countries affected by international sanctions through a company that has now been liquidated, Cyan Engineering Services SAL Beirut[93]<\/a>. Something that Pelliccione wants nothing to do with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps even more surprising is the next business: Nelson founds Elaman and relocates some activities to Switzerland[94]<\/a> because he is once again doing business with his father's former partner, Stephan Oelkers. Oelkers convinced Nelson to move his operations center from Hamburg to Munich and to accept a new partner, Holger G\u00fcnther Rumscheidt. This should work with the Austrian secret service[95]<\/a> and attempt to take the Bad Aibling station back from the NSA (American Military Intelligence)[96]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is an imposing and extremely symbolic temptation: the Bad Aibling interception station was born in 1936 as a military airport and radar center of the Luftwaffe, and at the end of the war, the American army converted it into a camp transit for released prisoners of war and victims of National Socialist concentration camps. A very famous concentration camp that the writers G\u00fcnter Grass and Joseph Ratzinger (the future Pope Benedict XVI) passed through[97]<\/a>. From 1952 until the closure, requested by the European Union in 2001 and carried out in 2004 (officially, since the facility was still in operation in 2013[98]<\/a>), the NSA of Bad Aibling assembled its Echelon systems[99]<\/a> to intercept telephone communications of the entire planet[100]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The takeover of the NSA station would have been the dedication of Nelson and his employees to a company of global significance and almost unlimited power. Negotiations were not over when FinFisher started selling its FinSpy to Turkey and the world began to see the danger. After the research in Munich, Switzerland and Romania, Nelson began to liquidate all the companies as quickly as possible: some of them (Computplus Ltd., G2 Systems Ltd., Gamma 2000 Ltd., Gamma 2000 Waste Management Ltd., Gamma International (UK) Ltd.) were liquidated in early February 2021 at the time of writing[101]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is no turning back<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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April 14, 2007: Over a million peaceful citizens protest against the abolition of freedom and against a regime that has turned their homeland into a hell of oppression, violence and misery. An exciting scene of humanity that could hardly be repeated<\/sub><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, that does not change the substance of things. Today, February 2021, the government and its intelligence agencies in at least 40 countries around the world, the vast majority of which are ruled by dictatorships, have in their hands software that not only goes beyond doomsday scenarios. described by George Orwell, but also from \"Brazil\" by Terry Gilliam: Now, a regime no longer needs to discover that someone is preparing a plot to isolate, torture, condemn and exterminate them. The state can create evidence with the click of a computer, using software that in a thousandth of a second will doom each one of us and implicate each of our loved ones in our destruction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a society where the alienation of the individual from the common context has already reached worrying proportions, the software developed and sold by a small handful of criminals totally unknown to the public has enabled humanity to embark on a path of no return: one where there is nothing more true and verifiable in which each of us must doubt who is around us, and even (and even more) ourselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The weakness and superficiality with which Western governments (especially the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom) have allowed this software to be distributed across the planet for purely selfish calculations is unforgivable and the sign that 75 years after the end of WWII, 30 years after the end of the cold war, and the fear of nuclear conflict when nature rebels against the foolish way we are destroying it, people have crossed the line ultimate \u2013 those in which the enemy who kills does not come from outside, but from within \u2013 and is inexorable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/65-in-yuzbinleri-6335051<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/6554851.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/laik-turkiye-icin-caglayan-a-6426626<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/3-miting-3-mesaj-6462629<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/izmir-rekor-bekliyor-6495436<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/turkey-used-german-spy-software-on-opposition-politicians-and-activists\/a-43787769<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/atalayar.com\/en\/content\/turkish-spy-networks-control-opponents<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-39416954<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.birgun.net\/haber\/iddia-pelikancilar-hakan-fidan-gitsin-diyor-283382<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trthaber.com\/haber\/gundem\/iletisim-baskanligi-berat-albayrakin-gorevden-af-talebi-kabul-edilmistir-529559.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/europe\/russia-accuses-president-erdogan-s-son-law-being-linked-isis-oil-trade-a6761436.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2016\/09\/turkey-redhackers-daunt-the-erdogan-family.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/thepressproject.gr\/exclusive-wikileaks-documents-relations-erdogan-isis-oil-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.duvarenglish.com\/sport\/2020\/02\/10\/politics-in-stadiums-fenerbahce-fans-urge-minister-albayrak-to-keep-hands-off-football<\/a> ; https:\/\/odatv4.com\/fenerbahceliler-damata-karsi-ayaga-kalkti-02022031.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> Intelligence Online, \u201cHakan Fidan close to ministerial promotion<\/em>\u201d, see in 2020.11.18 Hakan Fidan Minister<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkey-launches-project-to-train-1-million-software-developers-154081<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> 2017.04.13 T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mill%C3%AE_%C4%B0stihbarat_Te%C5%9Fkil%C3%A2t%C4%B1#Leitung<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> Hakan Fidan on Nexis, pages 57-60<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/t24.com.tr\/haber\/adanada-3-tir-durduruldu-arama-yapiliyor,248707<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> 1000 colpi di mortaio, 1000 colpi di artiglieria, 50\u2019000 fucili d'assalto e 30\u2019000 munizioni per mitragliatrice \u2013 see in https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529223636\/http:\/\/www.aktifhaber.com\/devlet-sirri-denilen-mit-tirlari-ile-ilgili-tapeler-1053377h.htm#<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.haber7.com\/guncel\/haber\/1121773-mit-tirlari-neden-durduruldu<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com.tr\/haber\/mit-tirlari-boyle-durduruldu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/bianet.org\/bianet\/insan-haklari\/155519-tir-lari-durdurmakla-suclanan-13-askere-muebbet-istendi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.milliyet.com.tr\/gundem\/mit-tirlari-olayinda-yeni-gelisme-5-savci-gorevden-uzaklastirildi-1999064<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/erdogandan-canli-yayinda-can-dundara-tehdit-288885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/www.faz.net\/aktuell\/politik\/ausland\/europa\/tuerkei\/tuerkei-kampf-gegen-die-soldaten-des-lichts-12715816.html?printPagedArticle=true#pageIndex_3<\/a> ; https:\/\/taz.de\/Wie-Guelen-zum-Staatsfeind-Nr-1-wurde\/!5323191\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.sabah.com.tr\/gundem\/2021\/02\/03\/son-dakika-istihbarattaki-fetocu-generalden-bomba-itiraflar-tegmen-rutbemi-fetullah-gulen-takti<\/a> ; https:\/\/tr.sputniknews.com\/turkiye\/202001211041211454-sozcu-ilker-basbugu-cezaevine-attiran-feto-mektubunu-acikliyoruz\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.genios.de\/presse-archiv\/artikel\/FAZ\/20171111\/jagd-auf-die-guelenisten\/FR1201711115279571.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nadir.org\/nadir\/initiativ\/isku\/hintergrund\/geheimdienste\/geheim994.htm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/tuerkischer-geheimdienst-liess-erdogan-gegner-in-deutschland-ausspionieren\/12027820.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article157778863\/Erdogans-Agenten-bedrohen-Tuerken-in-Deutschland.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.derstandard.at\/story\/1397522175727\/geheimdienst-staat-tuerkei<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2020\/09\/turkey-austria-spy-nehammer-kurdish-clashes-protests-vienna.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/austria-turkey-espionage-int-idUSKBN25S4R5<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/10\/13\/world\/europe\/turkey-austria-erdogan-assassin.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/global-europe\/news\/flemish-minister-turkish-sponosred-mosque-is-nest-of-spies\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/07\/06\/influenced-by-gulenists-belgium-targets-turkish-mosques-fighting-extremism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/erdogan-critics-listed-by-turkish-embassy-in-prague-were-included-in-bogus-terrorism-probe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turk-greek-ties-strained-by-arson-row-10324<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-greece-germany-spying\/greek-police-arrest-german-on-suspicion-of-spying-idUSBRE97208820130803<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kathimerini.gr\/society\/896001\/istories-me-kataskopoys-sto-aigaio\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.larissanet.gr\/2019\/06\/21\/dikazetai-sti-rodo-kataskopos-tis-tourkias\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/ahvalnews.com\/mit\/turkish-intelligence-recruits-eu-retirees-spy-greece<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/04\/turkish-intelligence-operations-targeting-critics-in-greece-exposed-in-secret-documents\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/intelnews.org\/2016\/12\/09\/01-2023\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/more-secret-documents-confirming-vast-turkish-espionage-activities-in-greece-uncovered\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.skai.gr\/news\/greece\/dyo-syllipseis-ellinon-gia-kataskopeia-sti-rodo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-kosovo-security-turkey-idUSKBN1H70CC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/opinion\/murat-yetkin\/turkish-intelligence-unveils-secret-codes-used-before-coup-attempt-103843<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2018\/09\/turkish-teachers-detained-moldova-gulen.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/balkaninsight.com\/2018\/09\/06\/six-turkish-professors-detained-by-moldovan-secret-services-09-06-2018\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/turkeypurge.com\/turkey-spying-imams-active-also-in-norway<\/a> ; https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/turkeys-autocratic-president-erdogans-spying-profiling-expands-in-norway\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/kafila.org\/www-matthewaid-com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/report-sweden-launches-espionage-probe-into-turkish-govt-representatives\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/politics\/undiplomatic_swiss-eye-alleged-turkish-kidnapping-attempt\/43973170<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/swiss-foreign-minister-warns-turkey-against-illegal-spying-111199<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/eu-affairs\/2017\/05\/01\/as-anti-turkish-politics-grip-europe-turkish-swiss-policeman-arrested<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-brings-key-feto-suspect-from-ukraine-to-turkey-134608<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.meforum.org\/60976\/turkish-spy-agency-mit-intelligence-gathering-australia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-egypt-court\/egypt-detains-29-people-on-suspicion-of-espionage-for-turkey-idUSKBN1DM1AN<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.egypttoday.com\/Article\/1\/33764\/In-Pictures-Egypt-foils-Turkish-espionage-attempt<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-agency-brings-three-feto-members-from-gabon-to-turkey-130050<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/turkey\/turkish-intelligence-agency-rescues-a-kidnapped-italian-citizen-in-kenya-36192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20190807-libyan-national-army-turkish-intelligence-is-operating-in-tripoli\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/11\/27\/senior-feto-figure-captured-by-turkish-intelligence-in-sudan\/amp<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/07\/turkish-diplomats-have-extensively-spied-on-critics-in-the-united-states\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/1101683.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intel-returns-wanted-feto-from-azerbaijan-140108<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/06\/turkish-diplomats-spy-on-erdogan-critics-in-georgia-secret-document-reveals\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2019\/04\/22\/4-pkk-terrorists-brought-to-turkey-from-iraq-in-operation-by-turkish-intelligence<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/news\/pkk-confirms-capture-two-turkish-spies-iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.presstv.com\/Detail\/2017\/08\/29\/533306\/PKK-Turkish-officers-spying-Iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.sabah.com.tr\/gundem\/2019\/07\/07\/son-dakika-teror-orgutu-pkkkcknin-sozde-baskanlik-konseyi-uyesi-diyar-garip-muhammed-etkisiz-hale-getirildi<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thedefensepost.com\/2018\/08\/15\/turkey-airstrike-pkk-sinjar-iraq\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/menafn.com\/1098975780\/Turkish-warplanes-neutralize-4-PKK-terrorists-In-Iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2019\/09\/16\/3-pkk-terrorists-neutralized-by-turkish-jets-in-northern-iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkey-neutralizes-senior-female-ypg-pkk-terrorist-150730<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/cellmate-teacher-abducted-by-turkeys-mit-from-malaysia-subjected-to-torture-in-ankara\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligences-captures-feto-suspect-in-malaysia-146188<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-mongolia-kidnapping-turkey-idUSKBN1KI03N<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/pakistan\/pakistan-admits-they-secretly-deported-turkish-family-wanted-by-erdogan-govt-4895423\/lite\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turkish_involvement_in_the_Syrian_civil_war<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/securityaffairs.co\/wordpress\/41169\/breaking-news\/finfisher-spyware-new-customers.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[58]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reporter-ohne-grenzen.de\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/freiheitsrechte.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[60]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[62]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 4-5<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[63]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 6-7, page 12<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[64]<\/a> https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847361\/UK-NCP-initial-complaint-privacy-international-and-others-against-gamma-international-uk-ltd.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847362\/UK-NCP-Final-statement-complaint-Privacy-International-Gamma-International-UK-Ltd.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847364\/uk-ncp-follow-up-statement-privacy-international-gamma-international.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[65]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/privacy-international-complaint-to-uk-ncp-about-gamma-international-uk-ltd<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[66]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/finfisher-malicious-spyware-disguised-mozilla-firefox-discovered-36-countries-1233177<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[67]<\/a> https:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/home\/security-news\/finfisher-command-and-control-hubs-turn-up-in-11-new-countries\/<\/a> ; 2013.04.01 SC Magazine on FinFisher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[68]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/german-prosecutors-investigate-spyware-maker-finfisher\/a-50293812<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[70]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/intelligence_privacy\/avira-lantivirus-comprato-dai-servizi-segreti-del-golfo-persico\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/blogs.mediapart.fr\/paolo-fusi\/blog\/260920\/le-hacker-militaire-qui-achete-avira<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[75]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/tecnologia\/2015\/07\/12\/news\/segreti-concorrenza-e-fobie-tutti-i-punti-deboli-di-hacking-team-1.35241096<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[76]<\/a> https:\/\/citizenlab.ca\/2015\/10\/mapping-finfishers-continuing-proliferation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[77]<\/a> https:\/\/bigbrotherawards.de\/en\/2012\/technology-gamma-international<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[78]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/pdf\/gammagrouploutheannelsonwapenhandelaarspursang.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/slideum.com\/doc\/9973831\/gehele-observant-%2369--januari-2017-politie-mercenaries<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[79]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[81]<\/a> U.S. Department of Commerce, Industry and Trade Administration, \u201cCommercial News USA<\/em>\u201d, U.S. Foreign Commercial Service, Washington DC, 1979, page 38<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[82]<\/a> https:\/\/www.referenceforbusiness.com\/history2\/1\/CompuDyne-Corporation.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[85]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/02088610<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[86]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[94]<\/a> Elaman AG Malans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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Hakan Fidan (left), Bayrat Albarak (center) and Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan (right), directors of the telematic terror unleashed by the Ankara government<\/sub><\/strong>[5]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The operation is led by Hakan Fidan, a close friend of Erdo\u011fan and head of the Turkish intelligence service (MIT \u2013 Mill\u00ee \u0130stihbarat Te\u015fkil\u00e2t\u0131): he is a sergeant who, after meeting the future dictator, followed his career as a leader security then gradually reached a framework of military espionage, to the point that in November 2020, following the resignation of Erdo\u011fan's son-in-law, Berat Albayrak[6]<\/a> (who financed ISIS as part of its cooperation with the Iraq[7]<\/a>, as well as his participation in the scandal of the manipulation of the results of the Turkish Football League got into trouble[8]<\/a>), he became the main candidate for the office of the new Minister of Finance[9]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Albayrak was not chosen for his skills in economics, but because he is the coordinator of a whole telematic control project, for which the regime, after having trained a million state hackers, will control all economic transactions of every business and every citizen[10]<\/a>: officially to prevent tax evasion. The fact that Hakan Fidan has been at the head of this new ministry since January 2021 makes everything clear and simple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Erdo\u011fan has since transformed the Prime Minister's office into a registered government agency[11]<\/a> that controls certain Turkish consulates abroad \u2013 such as Atlanta, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, Washington DC (USA), Burnaby (Canada) and Rabat (Morocco)[12]<\/a> \u2013 and of course MIT too[13]<\/a>. In each of these agencies, Hakan Fidan plays the role of executive director[14]<\/a>. Maybe because MIT is not only active in Turkey, but all over the world ...<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On January 19, 2014, the Turkish gendarmerie blocked two trucks bound for Syria that were full of weapons[15]<\/a> \u2013 weapons intended to aid the Caliphate Army (ISIS)[16]<\/a> carried by MIT agents[17]<\/a>. Erdo\u011fan initially claimed that it was humanitarian aid[18]<\/a>, but some journalists managed to film the truck and the lie was discovered. Result: the 13 gendarmes who stopped the trucks were sentenced to long prison terms[19]<\/a>; The investigating judges were dismissed from their functions and charged[20]<\/a>; journalists involved in recording or publishing the information were sentenced to five years in prison[21]<\/a>. Police have been given new orders: never stop MIT vehicles from going overseas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of MIT's tasks is to fight the Hizmet sect and its preacher Fethullah G\u00fclen (tapping phones and the internet, stalking, kidnapping, torturing, murdering[22]<\/a>) in Turkey and abroad[23]<\/a>. However, MIT's main task is to fight opponents outside the country. Around 500 MIT officials and over 6,000 informants are active in Germany \u2013 an even larger and more powerful structure than STASI during the GDR era[24]<\/a> \u2013 whose purpose is not only to observe and report Turkish citizens who emigrated to Europe, but also to intervene physically[25]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of MIT's goals is to intercept communications to create fictitious evidence against critics of the Ankara regime and to justify their kidnapping and torture[26]<\/a>. A strategy that MIT is also pursuing in several other countries of the world \u2013 for example in Austria[27]<\/a>, Belgium[28]<\/a>, Czech Republic[29]<\/a>, France[30]<\/a>, Greece[31]<\/a>, Kosovo[32]<\/a>, Lithuania[33]<\/a>, Moldova[34]<\/a>, Norway[35]<\/a>, Serbia[36]<\/a>, Sweden[37]<\/a>, Switzerland[38]<\/a>, Ukraine[39]<\/a>, United Kingdom[40]<\/a>, Australia[41]<\/a>, Egypt[42]<\/a>, Gabon[43]<\/a>, Kenya[44]<\/a>, Libya[45]<\/a>, Sudan[46]<\/a>, United States[47]<\/a>, Armenia[48]<\/a>, Azerbaijan[49]<\/a>, Georgia[50]<\/a>, Iraq[51]<\/a>, Malaysia[52]<\/a>, Mongolia[53]<\/a>, Pakistan[54]<\/a> and Syria, where the Turkish government fights with its own army and supports ISIS[55]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German technology for Erdo\u011fan's torturer<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How FinFisher GmbH's FishSpy app works in Munich \u2013 the beating heart of MIT's Turkish spy system<\/sub><\/strong>[56]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The complex system of monitoring, hacking, interception and tampering necessary to monitor millions of people is no toy. NGOs from all over Europe are researching who developed such technology and found it in Germany \u2013 it is called FinSpy and is produced by three companies of the Gamma International group: FinFisher GmbH Munich, FinFisher Labs GmbH Munich and Elaman GmbH Munich. Four organizations were able to prove it to the German courts[57]<\/a>: Reporters Without Borders in Berlin (active throughout Europe, mainly concerned with press freedom[58]<\/a>), GFF Gesellschaft f\u00fcr Freiheitsrechte in Berlin (very active in monitoring illegal activities of the BND and other German secret services[59]<\/a>), Netzpolitik.org in Berlin (an online newspaper[60]<\/a>) and the European Center for the Constitution and Human Rights in Berlin[61]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Munich public prosecutor's office launches a criminal investigation based on the evidence presented by these NGOs: the aforementioned Bavarian companies have violated the foreign trade law on at least six points[62]<\/a> and have not only sold FinSpy to Turkey, but also to the governments of many other countries, including Bahrain, Egypt, Ethiopia, Libya, Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela[63]<\/a> \u2013 all countries which raise serious concerns about the democratic nature of the political system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The investigation revealed that these three companies were only originally one, Gamma International UK Ltd. Winchester, against whom an investigation opened in 2013 by the British judicial authorities was blocked[64]<\/a>, which would have put the company on the OECD blacklist at the end of 2016[65]<\/a> \u2013 a measure which prohibits anyone in the world from doing business with the group industrial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The British investigation was limited to the analysis of the sale of FinSpy to Bahrain, while the German investigation, accompanied by a large number of testimonies from victims of the terror of the Erdo\u011fan regime in Turkey and the abroad, goes much further and finds that FinSpy has been sold illegally in 36 countries[66]<\/a>, there are huge data centers in 11 countries[67]<\/a>, so it is now suspected that there are many more crimes hidden behind known facts[68]<\/a>. This is why the Munich prosecutor's office ordered a search of the premises of the Bavarian capital, but also of the Romanian branch of the Gamma International group, in October 2020[69]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is almost impossible to defend against FinSpy: the malware installs with fake updates disguised as official, via emails with fake attachments or through security holes in software \u2013 like Avira[70]<\/a> or iTunes from Apple \u2013 and then through the bogus platforms of the major search engines, Mac and Linux installations[71]<\/a>, email programs, social networks, websites for online shopping[72]<\/a>. Where Gamma International's malware fails, that of David Vincenzetti's[73]<\/a> hacking team[74]<\/a> is there. But this company is no longer there, Gamma has surpassed it, its founders are spread over many small companies[75]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who is behind the Chinese Boxen?<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In 2015, the Citizen Lab Institute in Toronto had identified 35 countries that illegally used the applications of the Gamma \/ FinFisher group<\/sub><\/strong>[76]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The investigation by the Munich prosecutor's office leaves a slightly bitter taste in the mouth: how is it possible that a complaint from four NGOs was necessary for investigation? It makes sense that the suspicion of hypocrisy arises, especially considering that the German Secret Service (BND) awarded Stephan Oelkers of Gamma International the Big Brother Awards in 2012, because Gamma was \"the world's best computer systems intrusion company. and installation of surveillance software<\/em> (...) Gamma offers its services on its website \u2013 although the development and distribution of this type of spyware is prohibited by German criminal law (Par. 282c StGB). However, this only applies to private customers, not sales to domestic authorities or the secret police of a foreign dictatorship. This is the reason why the Munich public prosecutor's office refused to initiate criminal proceedings against Gamma<\/em>\u201d[77]<\/a>. In short: everyone knew it all, but eight years ago the Munich prosecutor thought it was a trifle as long as this monstrous technology was being used by dictatorships to oppress their own people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To be precise, we know a lot about the illegal activities of this group since 1973 (when computers were toys and espionage involved infiltrating shady men into secret rooms using a document microfilming device. banned) of people scattered in the English countryside, in the port of Hamburg, in the Bavarian capital or in the slums of Cape Town. The story begins with a cable that the US Embassy in Bonn sent to federal authorities \u2013 a message reporting the suspicious activities of Hamburg-based Dutch electronics retailer Peter Kluever[78]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CIA decides to invest in this man, as does the German army. In 1981, his two companies PK Electronics and PKI Electronic Intelligence GmbH already had contracts with the US government. In 1983, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Abdullah Ibn Nasir IBn Abd al-Asis Al Sa'ud, visited Hamburg and the German generals showed him the effects of the use of Kluever technology on the efficiency and cadence of Leopard tanks fired \u2013 which the government of Moved Riyadh to acquire this technology[79]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1987, Oelkers flew to Beijing for a demonstration of its new chips and delighted the Chinese generals who have become part of its clientele[80]<\/a>. As part of the agreements signed with the United States, from 1985, Kluever sold very modern American spy technology (developed by the Ocean Applied Research Corporation in San Diego[81]<\/a> and distributed by the CompuDyne Corporation group in Pennsylvania[82]<\/a>) Muhammar Ghaddafi in Libya, Hafiz Al-Assad in Syria, Haji Mohammad Suharto in Indonesia \u2013 the three presidents use it to intercept phone calls and radio broadcasts from opponents, foreign armies and rebel groups[83]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As he grew older, Kluever sold his company (the PK Electronics Group in Hamburg) to two engineers, the German Stephan Oelkers and the Englishman William Louthean Nelson. The latter had started running the Beijing office in 1985 and had established his own company, Personal Protection Products Ltd. Hong Kong[84]<\/a> in 1992, which until 1994, through its subsidiary in Hull[85]<\/a>, sold listening devices used by the British secret services to fight the IRA in Ulster[86]<\/a>. When Kluever retires, PK Electronics will be passed on to William Nelson and his Louthean son John Alexander Nelson, the founders of the Gamma International Group[87]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The chart of the investments of the Gamma International Group as well as of associated persons and companies \u2013 \u00a9 IBI World Ltd. London<\/sub><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A new era is beginning in which the old wiretapping will soon be overcome and forgotten. The young Louthean begins to work with Niels J\u00f8rgen Tobiasen and his two companies: The CBRN Team Ltd. London[88]<\/a> and The Phoenix Hazard Training Ltd. Darlington[89]<\/a>. It is an industrial operation that arose out of a contract to supply chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapons to Uganda[90]<\/a> which was negotiated with a member of the government, Ananias Tumukunde, who had accepted a bribe of \u00a3 40,000[91]<\/a>. An operation that ended with the arrest of Tumukunde in Kampala and Tobiasen in London in July 2007[92]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During these years, Louthean Nelson also tried to facilitate a collaboration with the hacking team of David Vincenzetti: with one of the best hackers of the Milan group, Alberto Pelliccione, Nelson tried after a while to find a system. to hack Nokia devices \u2013 but Pelliccione changes his mind when he finds out Nelson has started delivering weapons to countries affected by international sanctions through a company that has now been liquidated, Cyan Engineering Services SAL Beirut[93]<\/a>. Something that Pelliccione wants nothing to do with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps even more surprising is the next business: Nelson founds Elaman and relocates some activities to Switzerland[94]<\/a> because he is once again doing business with his father's former partner, Stephan Oelkers. Oelkers convinced Nelson to move his operations center from Hamburg to Munich and to accept a new partner, Holger G\u00fcnther Rumscheidt. This should work with the Austrian secret service[95]<\/a> and attempt to take the Bad Aibling station back from the NSA (American Military Intelligence)[96]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is an imposing and extremely symbolic temptation: the Bad Aibling interception station was born in 1936 as a military airport and radar center of the Luftwaffe, and at the end of the war, the American army converted it into a camp transit for released prisoners of war and victims of National Socialist concentration camps. A very famous concentration camp that the writers G\u00fcnter Grass and Joseph Ratzinger (the future Pope Benedict XVI) passed through[97]<\/a>. From 1952 until the closure, requested by the European Union in 2001 and carried out in 2004 (officially, since the facility was still in operation in 2013[98]<\/a>), the NSA of Bad Aibling assembled its Echelon systems[99]<\/a> to intercept telephone communications of the entire planet[100]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The takeover of the NSA station would have been the dedication of Nelson and his employees to a company of global significance and almost unlimited power. Negotiations were not over when FinFisher started selling its FinSpy to Turkey and the world began to see the danger. After the research in Munich, Switzerland and Romania, Nelson began to liquidate all the companies as quickly as possible: some of them (Computplus Ltd., G2 Systems Ltd., Gamma 2000 Ltd., Gamma 2000 Waste Management Ltd., Gamma International (UK) Ltd.) were liquidated in early February 2021 at the time of writing[101]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is no turning back<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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April 14, 2007: Over a million peaceful citizens protest against the abolition of freedom and against a regime that has turned their homeland into a hell of oppression, violence and misery. An exciting scene of humanity that could hardly be repeated<\/sub><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, that does not change the substance of things. Today, February 2021, the government and its intelligence agencies in at least 40 countries around the world, the vast majority of which are ruled by dictatorships, have in their hands software that not only goes beyond doomsday scenarios. described by George Orwell, but also from \"Brazil\" by Terry Gilliam: Now, a regime no longer needs to discover that someone is preparing a plot to isolate, torture, condemn and exterminate them. The state can create evidence with the click of a computer, using software that in a thousandth of a second will doom each one of us and implicate each of our loved ones in our destruction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a society where the alienation of the individual from the common context has already reached worrying proportions, the software developed and sold by a small handful of criminals totally unknown to the public has enabled humanity to embark on a path of no return: one where there is nothing more true and verifiable in which each of us must doubt who is around us, and even (and even more) ourselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The weakness and superficiality with which Western governments (especially the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom) have allowed this software to be distributed across the planet for purely selfish calculations is unforgivable and the sign that 75 years after the end of WWII, 30 years after the end of the cold war, and the fear of nuclear conflict when nature rebels against the foolish way we are destroying it, people have crossed the line ultimate \u2013 those in which the enemy who kills does not come from outside, but from within \u2013 and is inexorable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/65-in-yuzbinleri-6335051<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/6554851.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/laik-turkiye-icin-caglayan-a-6426626<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/3-miting-3-mesaj-6462629<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/izmir-rekor-bekliyor-6495436<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/turkey-used-german-spy-software-on-opposition-politicians-and-activists\/a-43787769<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/atalayar.com\/en\/content\/turkish-spy-networks-control-opponents<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-39416954<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.birgun.net\/haber\/iddia-pelikancilar-hakan-fidan-gitsin-diyor-283382<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trthaber.com\/haber\/gundem\/iletisim-baskanligi-berat-albayrakin-gorevden-af-talebi-kabul-edilmistir-529559.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/europe\/russia-accuses-president-erdogan-s-son-law-being-linked-isis-oil-trade-a6761436.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2016\/09\/turkey-redhackers-daunt-the-erdogan-family.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/thepressproject.gr\/exclusive-wikileaks-documents-relations-erdogan-isis-oil-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.duvarenglish.com\/sport\/2020\/02\/10\/politics-in-stadiums-fenerbahce-fans-urge-minister-albayrak-to-keep-hands-off-football<\/a> ; https:\/\/odatv4.com\/fenerbahceliler-damata-karsi-ayaga-kalkti-02022031.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> Intelligence Online, \u201cHakan Fidan close to ministerial promotion<\/em>\u201d, see in 2020.11.18 Hakan Fidan Minister<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkey-launches-project-to-train-1-million-software-developers-154081<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> 2017.04.13 T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mill%C3%AE_%C4%B0stihbarat_Te%C5%9Fkil%C3%A2t%C4%B1#Leitung<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> Hakan Fidan on Nexis, pages 57-60<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/t24.com.tr\/haber\/adanada-3-tir-durduruldu-arama-yapiliyor,248707<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> 1000 colpi di mortaio, 1000 colpi di artiglieria, 50\u2019000 fucili d'assalto e 30\u2019000 munizioni per mitragliatrice \u2013 see in https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529223636\/http:\/\/www.aktifhaber.com\/devlet-sirri-denilen-mit-tirlari-ile-ilgili-tapeler-1053377h.htm#<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.haber7.com\/guncel\/haber\/1121773-mit-tirlari-neden-durduruldu<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com.tr\/haber\/mit-tirlari-boyle-durduruldu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/bianet.org\/bianet\/insan-haklari\/155519-tir-lari-durdurmakla-suclanan-13-askere-muebbet-istendi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.milliyet.com.tr\/gundem\/mit-tirlari-olayinda-yeni-gelisme-5-savci-gorevden-uzaklastirildi-1999064<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/erdogandan-canli-yayinda-can-dundara-tehdit-288885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/www.faz.net\/aktuell\/politik\/ausland\/europa\/tuerkei\/tuerkei-kampf-gegen-die-soldaten-des-lichts-12715816.html?printPagedArticle=true#pageIndex_3<\/a> ; https:\/\/taz.de\/Wie-Guelen-zum-Staatsfeind-Nr-1-wurde\/!5323191\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.sabah.com.tr\/gundem\/2021\/02\/03\/son-dakika-istihbarattaki-fetocu-generalden-bomba-itiraflar-tegmen-rutbemi-fetullah-gulen-takti<\/a> ; https:\/\/tr.sputniknews.com\/turkiye\/202001211041211454-sozcu-ilker-basbugu-cezaevine-attiran-feto-mektubunu-acikliyoruz\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.genios.de\/presse-archiv\/artikel\/FAZ\/20171111\/jagd-auf-die-guelenisten\/FR1201711115279571.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nadir.org\/nadir\/initiativ\/isku\/hintergrund\/geheimdienste\/geheim994.htm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/tuerkischer-geheimdienst-liess-erdogan-gegner-in-deutschland-ausspionieren\/12027820.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article157778863\/Erdogans-Agenten-bedrohen-Tuerken-in-Deutschland.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.derstandard.at\/story\/1397522175727\/geheimdienst-staat-tuerkei<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2020\/09\/turkey-austria-spy-nehammer-kurdish-clashes-protests-vienna.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/austria-turkey-espionage-int-idUSKBN25S4R5<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/10\/13\/world\/europe\/turkey-austria-erdogan-assassin.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/global-europe\/news\/flemish-minister-turkish-sponosred-mosque-is-nest-of-spies\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/07\/06\/influenced-by-gulenists-belgium-targets-turkish-mosques-fighting-extremism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/erdogan-critics-listed-by-turkish-embassy-in-prague-were-included-in-bogus-terrorism-probe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turk-greek-ties-strained-by-arson-row-10324<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-greece-germany-spying\/greek-police-arrest-german-on-suspicion-of-spying-idUSBRE97208820130803<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kathimerini.gr\/society\/896001\/istories-me-kataskopoys-sto-aigaio\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.larissanet.gr\/2019\/06\/21\/dikazetai-sti-rodo-kataskopos-tis-tourkias\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/ahvalnews.com\/mit\/turkish-intelligence-recruits-eu-retirees-spy-greece<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/04\/turkish-intelligence-operations-targeting-critics-in-greece-exposed-in-secret-documents\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/intelnews.org\/2016\/12\/09\/01-2023\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/more-secret-documents-confirming-vast-turkish-espionage-activities-in-greece-uncovered\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.skai.gr\/news\/greece\/dyo-syllipseis-ellinon-gia-kataskopeia-sti-rodo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-kosovo-security-turkey-idUSKBN1H70CC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/opinion\/murat-yetkin\/turkish-intelligence-unveils-secret-codes-used-before-coup-attempt-103843<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2018\/09\/turkish-teachers-detained-moldova-gulen.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/balkaninsight.com\/2018\/09\/06\/six-turkish-professors-detained-by-moldovan-secret-services-09-06-2018\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/turkeypurge.com\/turkey-spying-imams-active-also-in-norway<\/a> ; https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/turkeys-autocratic-president-erdogans-spying-profiling-expands-in-norway\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/kafila.org\/www-matthewaid-com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/report-sweden-launches-espionage-probe-into-turkish-govt-representatives\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/politics\/undiplomatic_swiss-eye-alleged-turkish-kidnapping-attempt\/43973170<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/swiss-foreign-minister-warns-turkey-against-illegal-spying-111199<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/eu-affairs\/2017\/05\/01\/as-anti-turkish-politics-grip-europe-turkish-swiss-policeman-arrested<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-brings-key-feto-suspect-from-ukraine-to-turkey-134608<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.meforum.org\/60976\/turkish-spy-agency-mit-intelligence-gathering-australia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-egypt-court\/egypt-detains-29-people-on-suspicion-of-espionage-for-turkey-idUSKBN1DM1AN<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.egypttoday.com\/Article\/1\/33764\/In-Pictures-Egypt-foils-Turkish-espionage-attempt<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-agency-brings-three-feto-members-from-gabon-to-turkey-130050<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/turkey\/turkish-intelligence-agency-rescues-a-kidnapped-italian-citizen-in-kenya-36192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20190807-libyan-national-army-turkish-intelligence-is-operating-in-tripoli\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/11\/27\/senior-feto-figure-captured-by-turkish-intelligence-in-sudan\/amp<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/07\/turkish-diplomats-have-extensively-spied-on-critics-in-the-united-states\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/1101683.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intel-returns-wanted-feto-from-azerbaijan-140108<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/06\/turkish-diplomats-spy-on-erdogan-critics-in-georgia-secret-document-reveals\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2019\/04\/22\/4-pkk-terrorists-brought-to-turkey-from-iraq-in-operation-by-turkish-intelligence<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/news\/pkk-confirms-capture-two-turkish-spies-iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.presstv.com\/Detail\/2017\/08\/29\/533306\/PKK-Turkish-officers-spying-Iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.sabah.com.tr\/gundem\/2019\/07\/07\/son-dakika-teror-orgutu-pkkkcknin-sozde-baskanlik-konseyi-uyesi-diyar-garip-muhammed-etkisiz-hale-getirildi<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thedefensepost.com\/2018\/08\/15\/turkey-airstrike-pkk-sinjar-iraq\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/menafn.com\/1098975780\/Turkish-warplanes-neutralize-4-PKK-terrorists-In-Iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2019\/09\/16\/3-pkk-terrorists-neutralized-by-turkish-jets-in-northern-iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkey-neutralizes-senior-female-ypg-pkk-terrorist-150730<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/cellmate-teacher-abducted-by-turkeys-mit-from-malaysia-subjected-to-torture-in-ankara\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligences-captures-feto-suspect-in-malaysia-146188<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[54]<\/a> https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/pakistan\/pakistan-admits-they-secretly-deported-turkish-family-wanted-by-erdogan-govt-4895423\/lite\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turkish_involvement_in_the_Syrian_civil_war<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/securityaffairs.co\/wordpress\/41169\/breaking-news\/finfisher-spyware-new-customers.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[58]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reporter-ohne-grenzen.de\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[60]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[61]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecchr.eu\/en\/about-us\/?L=2<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[62]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 4-5<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[63]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 6-7, page 12<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[64]<\/a> https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847361\/UK-NCP-initial-complaint-privacy-international-and-others-against-gamma-international-uk-ltd.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847362\/UK-NCP-Final-statement-complaint-Privacy-International-Gamma-International-UK-Ltd.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847364\/uk-ncp-follow-up-statement-privacy-international-gamma-international.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[65]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/privacy-international-complaint-to-uk-ncp-about-gamma-international-uk-ltd<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[67]<\/a> https:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/home\/security-news\/finfisher-command-and-control-hubs-turn-up-in-11-new-countries\/<\/a> ; 2013.04.01 SC Magazine on FinFisher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[68]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/german-prosecutors-investigate-spyware-maker-finfisher\/a-50293812<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[69]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/2020\/unsere-strafanzeige-razzia-bei-staatstrojaner-firma-finfisher-in-muenchen\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[70]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/intelligence_privacy\/avira-lantivirus-comprato-dai-servizi-segreti-del-golfo-persico\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/blogs.mediapart.fr\/paolo-fusi\/blog\/260920\/le-hacker-militaire-qui-achete-avira<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[71]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/research\/2020\/09\/german-made-finspy-spyware-found-in-egypt-and-mac-and-linux-versions-revealed\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[72]<\/a> https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/BL-DGB-23568<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/technology\/apple\/8912714\/Apple-iTunes-flaw-allowed-government-spying-for-3-years.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/krebsonsecurity.com\/2011\/11\/apple-took-3-years-to-fix-finfisher-trojan-hole\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2012-07-25\/cyber-attacks-on-activists-traced-to-finfisher-spyware-of-gamma<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[75]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/tecnologia\/2015\/07\/12\/news\/segreti-concorrenza-e-fobie-tutti-i-punti-deboli-di-hacking-team-1.35241096<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[76]<\/a> https:\/\/citizenlab.ca\/2015\/10\/mapping-finfishers-continuing-proliferation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[77]<\/a> https:\/\/bigbrotherawards.de\/en\/2012\/technology-gamma-international<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[78]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/pdf\/gammagrouploutheannelsonwapenhandelaarspursang.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/slideum.com\/doc\/9973831\/gehele-observant-%2369--januari-2017-politie-mercenaries<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[79]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[81]<\/a> U.S. Department of Commerce, Industry and Trade Administration, \u201cCommercial News USA<\/em>\u201d, U.S. Foreign Commercial Service, Washington DC, 1979, page 38<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[82]<\/a> https:\/\/www.referenceforbusiness.com\/history2\/1\/CompuDyne-Corporation.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[84]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/hk\/0475615<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[85]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/02088610<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[86]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[87]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/01958854<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[88]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/05318642<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[89]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/06591222<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[92]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nti.org\/gsn\/article\/danish-man-charged-with-wmd-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[94]<\/a> Elaman AG Malans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[95]<\/a> Holger G\u00fcnther Rumscheidt Kirchberg in Tirol<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[98]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[99]<\/a> James Bamford, \u201cBody of secrets: Anatomy of the ultra-secret NSA<\/em>\u201d, Anchor Books, New York, 2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/europa-als-solidarische-handlungsfaehige-und-gestaltende-kraft-weiterentwickeln<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/three-reasons-why-angela-merkel-won-t-change-on-migration1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/1P7NGjD4MkJj\/document\/id\/10043712<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/aussen-und-sicherheitspolitik-in-der-deutschen-eu-ratsprasidentschaft<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/web\/geschichte-der-cdu\/personen\/biogramm-detail\/-\/content\/angela-merkel-1<\/a><\/p>\n","post_title":"Yemen\u2019s Hell: German weapons for Arabia, for Al-Qaida and for American mercenaries","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"yemens-hell-german-weapons-for-arabia-for-al-qaida-and-for-american-mercenaries","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:36:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3939","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":4310,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_date_gmt":"2020-12-08 11:04:00","post_content":"\n

DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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Hakan Fidan (left), Bayrat Albarak (center) and Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan (right), directors of the telematic terror unleashed by the Ankara government<\/sub><\/strong>[5]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The operation is led by Hakan Fidan, a close friend of Erdo\u011fan and head of the Turkish intelligence service (MIT \u2013 Mill\u00ee \u0130stihbarat Te\u015fkil\u00e2t\u0131): he is a sergeant who, after meeting the future dictator, followed his career as a leader security then gradually reached a framework of military espionage, to the point that in November 2020, following the resignation of Erdo\u011fan's son-in-law, Berat Albayrak[6]<\/a> (who financed ISIS as part of its cooperation with the Iraq[7]<\/a>, as well as his participation in the scandal of the manipulation of the results of the Turkish Football League got into trouble[8]<\/a>), he became the main candidate for the office of the new Minister of Finance[9]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Albayrak was not chosen for his skills in economics, but because he is the coordinator of a whole telematic control project, for which the regime, after having trained a million state hackers, will control all economic transactions of every business and every citizen[10]<\/a>: officially to prevent tax evasion. The fact that Hakan Fidan has been at the head of this new ministry since January 2021 makes everything clear and simple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Erdo\u011fan has since transformed the Prime Minister's office into a registered government agency[11]<\/a> that controls certain Turkish consulates abroad \u2013 such as Atlanta, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, Washington DC (USA), Burnaby (Canada) and Rabat (Morocco)[12]<\/a> \u2013 and of course MIT too[13]<\/a>. In each of these agencies, Hakan Fidan plays the role of executive director[14]<\/a>. Maybe because MIT is not only active in Turkey, but all over the world ...<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On January 19, 2014, the Turkish gendarmerie blocked two trucks bound for Syria that were full of weapons[15]<\/a> \u2013 weapons intended to aid the Caliphate Army (ISIS)[16]<\/a> carried by MIT agents[17]<\/a>. Erdo\u011fan initially claimed that it was humanitarian aid[18]<\/a>, but some journalists managed to film the truck and the lie was discovered. Result: the 13 gendarmes who stopped the trucks were sentenced to long prison terms[19]<\/a>; The investigating judges were dismissed from their functions and charged[20]<\/a>; journalists involved in recording or publishing the information were sentenced to five years in prison[21]<\/a>. Police have been given new orders: never stop MIT vehicles from going overseas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of MIT's tasks is to fight the Hizmet sect and its preacher Fethullah G\u00fclen (tapping phones and the internet, stalking, kidnapping, torturing, murdering[22]<\/a>) in Turkey and abroad[23]<\/a>. However, MIT's main task is to fight opponents outside the country. Around 500 MIT officials and over 6,000 informants are active in Germany \u2013 an even larger and more powerful structure than STASI during the GDR era[24]<\/a> \u2013 whose purpose is not only to observe and report Turkish citizens who emigrated to Europe, but also to intervene physically[25]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of MIT's goals is to intercept communications to create fictitious evidence against critics of the Ankara regime and to justify their kidnapping and torture[26]<\/a>. A strategy that MIT is also pursuing in several other countries of the world \u2013 for example in Austria[27]<\/a>, Belgium[28]<\/a>, Czech Republic[29]<\/a>, France[30]<\/a>, Greece[31]<\/a>, Kosovo[32]<\/a>, Lithuania[33]<\/a>, Moldova[34]<\/a>, Norway[35]<\/a>, Serbia[36]<\/a>, Sweden[37]<\/a>, Switzerland[38]<\/a>, Ukraine[39]<\/a>, United Kingdom[40]<\/a>, Australia[41]<\/a>, Egypt[42]<\/a>, Gabon[43]<\/a>, Kenya[44]<\/a>, Libya[45]<\/a>, Sudan[46]<\/a>, United States[47]<\/a>, Armenia[48]<\/a>, Azerbaijan[49]<\/a>, Georgia[50]<\/a>, Iraq[51]<\/a>, Malaysia[52]<\/a>, Mongolia[53]<\/a>, Pakistan[54]<\/a> and Syria, where the Turkish government fights with its own army and supports ISIS[55]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German technology for Erdo\u011fan's torturer<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How FinFisher GmbH's FishSpy app works in Munich \u2013 the beating heart of MIT's Turkish spy system<\/sub><\/strong>[56]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The complex system of monitoring, hacking, interception and tampering necessary to monitor millions of people is no toy. NGOs from all over Europe are researching who developed such technology and found it in Germany \u2013 it is called FinSpy and is produced by three companies of the Gamma International group: FinFisher GmbH Munich, FinFisher Labs GmbH Munich and Elaman GmbH Munich. Four organizations were able to prove it to the German courts[57]<\/a>: Reporters Without Borders in Berlin (active throughout Europe, mainly concerned with press freedom[58]<\/a>), GFF Gesellschaft f\u00fcr Freiheitsrechte in Berlin (very active in monitoring illegal activities of the BND and other German secret services[59]<\/a>), Netzpolitik.org in Berlin (an online newspaper[60]<\/a>) and the European Center for the Constitution and Human Rights in Berlin[61]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Munich public prosecutor's office launches a criminal investigation based on the evidence presented by these NGOs: the aforementioned Bavarian companies have violated the foreign trade law on at least six points[62]<\/a> and have not only sold FinSpy to Turkey, but also to the governments of many other countries, including Bahrain, Egypt, Ethiopia, Libya, Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela[63]<\/a> \u2013 all countries which raise serious concerns about the democratic nature of the political system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The investigation revealed that these three companies were only originally one, Gamma International UK Ltd. Winchester, against whom an investigation opened in 2013 by the British judicial authorities was blocked[64]<\/a>, which would have put the company on the OECD blacklist at the end of 2016[65]<\/a> \u2013 a measure which prohibits anyone in the world from doing business with the group industrial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The British investigation was limited to the analysis of the sale of FinSpy to Bahrain, while the German investigation, accompanied by a large number of testimonies from victims of the terror of the Erdo\u011fan regime in Turkey and the abroad, goes much further and finds that FinSpy has been sold illegally in 36 countries[66]<\/a>, there are huge data centers in 11 countries[67]<\/a>, so it is now suspected that there are many more crimes hidden behind known facts[68]<\/a>. This is why the Munich prosecutor's office ordered a search of the premises of the Bavarian capital, but also of the Romanian branch of the Gamma International group, in October 2020[69]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is almost impossible to defend against FinSpy: the malware installs with fake updates disguised as official, via emails with fake attachments or through security holes in software \u2013 like Avira[70]<\/a> or iTunes from Apple \u2013 and then through the bogus platforms of the major search engines, Mac and Linux installations[71]<\/a>, email programs, social networks, websites for online shopping[72]<\/a>. Where Gamma International's malware fails, that of David Vincenzetti's[73]<\/a> hacking team[74]<\/a> is there. But this company is no longer there, Gamma has surpassed it, its founders are spread over many small companies[75]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who is behind the Chinese Boxen?<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In 2015, the Citizen Lab Institute in Toronto had identified 35 countries that illegally used the applications of the Gamma \/ FinFisher group<\/sub><\/strong>[76]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The investigation by the Munich prosecutor's office leaves a slightly bitter taste in the mouth: how is it possible that a complaint from four NGOs was necessary for investigation? It makes sense that the suspicion of hypocrisy arises, especially considering that the German Secret Service (BND) awarded Stephan Oelkers of Gamma International the Big Brother Awards in 2012, because Gamma was \"the world's best computer systems intrusion company. and installation of surveillance software<\/em> (...) Gamma offers its services on its website \u2013 although the development and distribution of this type of spyware is prohibited by German criminal law (Par. 282c StGB). However, this only applies to private customers, not sales to domestic authorities or the secret police of a foreign dictatorship. This is the reason why the Munich public prosecutor's office refused to initiate criminal proceedings against Gamma<\/em>\u201d[77]<\/a>. In short: everyone knew it all, but eight years ago the Munich prosecutor thought it was a trifle as long as this monstrous technology was being used by dictatorships to oppress their own people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To be precise, we know a lot about the illegal activities of this group since 1973 (when computers were toys and espionage involved infiltrating shady men into secret rooms using a document microfilming device. banned) of people scattered in the English countryside, in the port of Hamburg, in the Bavarian capital or in the slums of Cape Town. The story begins with a cable that the US Embassy in Bonn sent to federal authorities \u2013 a message reporting the suspicious activities of Hamburg-based Dutch electronics retailer Peter Kluever[78]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CIA decides to invest in this man, as does the German army. In 1981, his two companies PK Electronics and PKI Electronic Intelligence GmbH already had contracts with the US government. In 1983, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Abdullah Ibn Nasir IBn Abd al-Asis Al Sa'ud, visited Hamburg and the German generals showed him the effects of the use of Kluever technology on the efficiency and cadence of Leopard tanks fired \u2013 which the government of Moved Riyadh to acquire this technology[79]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1987, Oelkers flew to Beijing for a demonstration of its new chips and delighted the Chinese generals who have become part of its clientele[80]<\/a>. As part of the agreements signed with the United States, from 1985, Kluever sold very modern American spy technology (developed by the Ocean Applied Research Corporation in San Diego[81]<\/a> and distributed by the CompuDyne Corporation group in Pennsylvania[82]<\/a>) Muhammar Ghaddafi in Libya, Hafiz Al-Assad in Syria, Haji Mohammad Suharto in Indonesia \u2013 the three presidents use it to intercept phone calls and radio broadcasts from opponents, foreign armies and rebel groups[83]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As he grew older, Kluever sold his company (the PK Electronics Group in Hamburg) to two engineers, the German Stephan Oelkers and the Englishman William Louthean Nelson. The latter had started running the Beijing office in 1985 and had established his own company, Personal Protection Products Ltd. Hong Kong[84]<\/a> in 1992, which until 1994, through its subsidiary in Hull[85]<\/a>, sold listening devices used by the British secret services to fight the IRA in Ulster[86]<\/a>. When Kluever retires, PK Electronics will be passed on to William Nelson and his Louthean son John Alexander Nelson, the founders of the Gamma International Group[87]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The chart of the investments of the Gamma International Group as well as of associated persons and companies \u2013 \u00a9 IBI World Ltd. London<\/sub><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A new era is beginning in which the old wiretapping will soon be overcome and forgotten. The young Louthean begins to work with Niels J\u00f8rgen Tobiasen and his two companies: The CBRN Team Ltd. London[88]<\/a> and The Phoenix Hazard Training Ltd. Darlington[89]<\/a>. It is an industrial operation that arose out of a contract to supply chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapons to Uganda[90]<\/a> which was negotiated with a member of the government, Ananias Tumukunde, who had accepted a bribe of \u00a3 40,000[91]<\/a>. An operation that ended with the arrest of Tumukunde in Kampala and Tobiasen in London in July 2007[92]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During these years, Louthean Nelson also tried to facilitate a collaboration with the hacking team of David Vincenzetti: with one of the best hackers of the Milan group, Alberto Pelliccione, Nelson tried after a while to find a system. to hack Nokia devices \u2013 but Pelliccione changes his mind when he finds out Nelson has started delivering weapons to countries affected by international sanctions through a company that has now been liquidated, Cyan Engineering Services SAL Beirut[93]<\/a>. Something that Pelliccione wants nothing to do with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps even more surprising is the next business: Nelson founds Elaman and relocates some activities to Switzerland[94]<\/a> because he is once again doing business with his father's former partner, Stephan Oelkers. Oelkers convinced Nelson to move his operations center from Hamburg to Munich and to accept a new partner, Holger G\u00fcnther Rumscheidt. This should work with the Austrian secret service[95]<\/a> and attempt to take the Bad Aibling station back from the NSA (American Military Intelligence)[96]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is an imposing and extremely symbolic temptation: the Bad Aibling interception station was born in 1936 as a military airport and radar center of the Luftwaffe, and at the end of the war, the American army converted it into a camp transit for released prisoners of war and victims of National Socialist concentration camps. A very famous concentration camp that the writers G\u00fcnter Grass and Joseph Ratzinger (the future Pope Benedict XVI) passed through[97]<\/a>. From 1952 until the closure, requested by the European Union in 2001 and carried out in 2004 (officially, since the facility was still in operation in 2013[98]<\/a>), the NSA of Bad Aibling assembled its Echelon systems[99]<\/a> to intercept telephone communications of the entire planet[100]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The takeover of the NSA station would have been the dedication of Nelson and his employees to a company of global significance and almost unlimited power. Negotiations were not over when FinFisher started selling its FinSpy to Turkey and the world began to see the danger. After the research in Munich, Switzerland and Romania, Nelson began to liquidate all the companies as quickly as possible: some of them (Computplus Ltd., G2 Systems Ltd., Gamma 2000 Ltd., Gamma 2000 Waste Management Ltd., Gamma International (UK) Ltd.) were liquidated in early February 2021 at the time of writing[101]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is no turning back<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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April 14, 2007: Over a million peaceful citizens protest against the abolition of freedom and against a regime that has turned their homeland into a hell of oppression, violence and misery. An exciting scene of humanity that could hardly be repeated<\/sub><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, that does not change the substance of things. Today, February 2021, the government and its intelligence agencies in at least 40 countries around the world, the vast majority of which are ruled by dictatorships, have in their hands software that not only goes beyond doomsday scenarios. described by George Orwell, but also from \"Brazil\" by Terry Gilliam: Now, a regime no longer needs to discover that someone is preparing a plot to isolate, torture, condemn and exterminate them. The state can create evidence with the click of a computer, using software that in a thousandth of a second will doom each one of us and implicate each of our loved ones in our destruction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a society where the alienation of the individual from the common context has already reached worrying proportions, the software developed and sold by a small handful of criminals totally unknown to the public has enabled humanity to embark on a path of no return: one where there is nothing more true and verifiable in which each of us must doubt who is around us, and even (and even more) ourselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The weakness and superficiality with which Western governments (especially the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom) have allowed this software to be distributed across the planet for purely selfish calculations is unforgivable and the sign that 75 years after the end of WWII, 30 years after the end of the cold war, and the fear of nuclear conflict when nature rebels against the foolish way we are destroying it, people have crossed the line ultimate \u2013 those in which the enemy who kills does not come from outside, but from within \u2013 and is inexorable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/65-in-yuzbinleri-6335051<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/6554851.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/laik-turkiye-icin-caglayan-a-6426626<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/3-miting-3-mesaj-6462629<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/izmir-rekor-bekliyor-6495436<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/turkey-used-german-spy-software-on-opposition-politicians-and-activists\/a-43787769<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/atalayar.com\/en\/content\/turkish-spy-networks-control-opponents<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-39416954<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.birgun.net\/haber\/iddia-pelikancilar-hakan-fidan-gitsin-diyor-283382<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trthaber.com\/haber\/gundem\/iletisim-baskanligi-berat-albayrakin-gorevden-af-talebi-kabul-edilmistir-529559.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/europe\/russia-accuses-president-erdogan-s-son-law-being-linked-isis-oil-trade-a6761436.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2016\/09\/turkey-redhackers-daunt-the-erdogan-family.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/thepressproject.gr\/exclusive-wikileaks-documents-relations-erdogan-isis-oil-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.duvarenglish.com\/sport\/2020\/02\/10\/politics-in-stadiums-fenerbahce-fans-urge-minister-albayrak-to-keep-hands-off-football<\/a> ; https:\/\/odatv4.com\/fenerbahceliler-damata-karsi-ayaga-kalkti-02022031.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> Intelligence Online, \u201cHakan Fidan close to ministerial promotion<\/em>\u201d, see in 2020.11.18 Hakan Fidan Minister<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkey-launches-project-to-train-1-million-software-developers-154081<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> 2017.04.13 T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mill%C3%AE_%C4%B0stihbarat_Te%C5%9Fkil%C3%A2t%C4%B1#Leitung<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> Hakan Fidan on Nexis, pages 57-60<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/t24.com.tr\/haber\/adanada-3-tir-durduruldu-arama-yapiliyor,248707<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> 1000 colpi di mortaio, 1000 colpi di artiglieria, 50\u2019000 fucili d'assalto e 30\u2019000 munizioni per mitragliatrice \u2013 see in https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529223636\/http:\/\/www.aktifhaber.com\/devlet-sirri-denilen-mit-tirlari-ile-ilgili-tapeler-1053377h.htm#<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[18]<\/a> http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com.tr\/haber\/mit-tirlari-boyle-durduruldu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/bianet.org\/bianet\/insan-haklari\/155519-tir-lari-durdurmakla-suclanan-13-askere-muebbet-istendi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[21]<\/a> http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/erdogandan-canli-yayinda-can-dundara-tehdit-288885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/www.faz.net\/aktuell\/politik\/ausland\/europa\/tuerkei\/tuerkei-kampf-gegen-die-soldaten-des-lichts-12715816.html?printPagedArticle=true#pageIndex_3<\/a> ; https:\/\/taz.de\/Wie-Guelen-zum-Staatsfeind-Nr-1-wurde\/!5323191\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.sabah.com.tr\/gundem\/2021\/02\/03\/son-dakika-istihbarattaki-fetocu-generalden-bomba-itiraflar-tegmen-rutbemi-fetullah-gulen-takti<\/a> ; https:\/\/tr.sputniknews.com\/turkiye\/202001211041211454-sozcu-ilker-basbugu-cezaevine-attiran-feto-mektubunu-acikliyoruz\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.genios.de\/presse-archiv\/artikel\/FAZ\/20171111\/jagd-auf-die-guelenisten\/FR1201711115279571.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nadir.org\/nadir\/initiativ\/isku\/hintergrund\/geheimdienste\/geheim994.htm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/tuerkischer-geheimdienst-liess-erdogan-gegner-in-deutschland-ausspionieren\/12027820.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article157778863\/Erdogans-Agenten-bedrohen-Tuerken-in-Deutschland.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.derstandard.at\/story\/1397522175727\/geheimdienst-staat-tuerkei<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2020\/09\/turkey-austria-spy-nehammer-kurdish-clashes-protests-vienna.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/austria-turkey-espionage-int-idUSKBN25S4R5<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/10\/13\/world\/europe\/turkey-austria-erdogan-assassin.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/global-europe\/news\/flemish-minister-turkish-sponosred-mosque-is-nest-of-spies\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/07\/06\/influenced-by-gulenists-belgium-targets-turkish-mosques-fighting-extremism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-kosovo-security-turkey-idUSKBN1H70CC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/opinion\/murat-yetkin\/turkish-intelligence-unveils-secret-codes-used-before-coup-attempt-103843<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2018\/09\/turkish-teachers-detained-moldova-gulen.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/balkaninsight.com\/2018\/09\/06\/six-turkish-professors-detained-by-moldovan-secret-services-09-06-2018\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[39]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-brings-key-feto-suspect-from-ukraine-to-turkey-134608<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.meforum.org\/60976\/turkish-spy-agency-mit-intelligence-gathering-australia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-egypt-court\/egypt-detains-29-people-on-suspicion-of-espionage-for-turkey-idUSKBN1DM1AN<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.egypttoday.com\/Article\/1\/33764\/In-Pictures-Egypt-foils-Turkish-espionage-attempt<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-agency-brings-three-feto-members-from-gabon-to-turkey-130050<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/turkey\/turkish-intelligence-agency-rescues-a-kidnapped-italian-citizen-in-kenya-36192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20190807-libyan-national-army-turkish-intelligence-is-operating-in-tripoli\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/11\/27\/senior-feto-figure-captured-by-turkish-intelligence-in-sudan\/amp<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/07\/turkish-diplomats-have-extensively-spied-on-critics-in-the-united-states\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[52]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/cellmate-teacher-abducted-by-turkeys-mit-from-malaysia-subjected-to-torture-in-ankara\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligences-captures-feto-suspect-in-malaysia-146188<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[65]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/privacy-international-complaint-to-uk-ncp-about-gamma-international-uk-ltd<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[66]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/finfisher-malicious-spyware-disguised-mozilla-firefox-discovered-36-countries-1233177<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[67]<\/a> https:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/home\/security-news\/finfisher-command-and-control-hubs-turn-up-in-11-new-countries\/<\/a> ; 2013.04.01 SC Magazine on FinFisher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[68]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/german-prosecutors-investigate-spyware-maker-finfisher\/a-50293812<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[69]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/2020\/unsere-strafanzeige-razzia-bei-staatstrojaner-firma-finfisher-in-muenchen\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[70]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/intelligence_privacy\/avira-lantivirus-comprato-dai-servizi-segreti-del-golfo-persico\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/blogs.mediapart.fr\/paolo-fusi\/blog\/260920\/le-hacker-militaire-qui-achete-avira<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[71]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/research\/2020\/09\/german-made-finspy-spyware-found-in-egypt-and-mac-and-linux-versions-revealed\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[72]<\/a> https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/BL-DGB-23568<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/technology\/apple\/8912714\/Apple-iTunes-flaw-allowed-government-spying-for-3-years.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/krebsonsecurity.com\/2011\/11\/apple-took-3-years-to-fix-finfisher-trojan-hole\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2012-07-25\/cyber-attacks-on-activists-traced-to-finfisher-spyware-of-gamma<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[75]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/tecnologia\/2015\/07\/12\/news\/segreti-concorrenza-e-fobie-tutti-i-punti-deboli-di-hacking-team-1.35241096<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[76]<\/a> https:\/\/citizenlab.ca\/2015\/10\/mapping-finfishers-continuing-proliferation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[77]<\/a> https:\/\/bigbrotherawards.de\/en\/2012\/technology-gamma-international<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[78]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/pdf\/gammagrouploutheannelsonwapenhandelaarspursang.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/slideum.com\/doc\/9973831\/gehele-observant-%2369--januari-2017-politie-mercenaries<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[79]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[81]<\/a> U.S. Department of Commerce, Industry and Trade Administration, \u201cCommercial News USA<\/em>\u201d, U.S. Foreign Commercial Service, Washington DC, 1979, page 38<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[82]<\/a> https:\/\/www.referenceforbusiness.com\/history2\/1\/CompuDyne-Corporation.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[84]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/hk\/0475615<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[85]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/02088610<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[86]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[87]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/01958854<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[88]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/05318642<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[89]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/06591222<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[90]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[92]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nti.org\/gsn\/article\/danish-man-charged-with-wmd-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[94]<\/a> Elaman AG Malans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[95]<\/a> Holger G\u00fcnther Rumscheidt Kirchberg in Tirol<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[99]<\/a> James Bamford, \u201cBody of secrets: Anatomy of the ultra-secret NSA<\/em>\u201d, Anchor Books, New York, 2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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The nightmare of total electronic control<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hakan Fidan (left), Bayrat Albarak (center) and Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan (right), directors of the telematic terror unleashed by the Ankara government<\/sub><\/strong>[5]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The operation is led by Hakan Fidan, a close friend of Erdo\u011fan and head of the Turkish intelligence service (MIT \u2013 Mill\u00ee \u0130stihbarat Te\u015fkil\u00e2t\u0131): he is a sergeant who, after meeting the future dictator, followed his career as a leader security then gradually reached a framework of military espionage, to the point that in November 2020, following the resignation of Erdo\u011fan's son-in-law, Berat Albayrak[6]<\/a> (who financed ISIS as part of its cooperation with the Iraq[7]<\/a>, as well as his participation in the scandal of the manipulation of the results of the Turkish Football League got into trouble[8]<\/a>), he became the main candidate for the office of the new Minister of Finance[9]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Albayrak was not chosen for his skills in economics, but because he is the coordinator of a whole telematic control project, for which the regime, after having trained a million state hackers, will control all economic transactions of every business and every citizen[10]<\/a>: officially to prevent tax evasion. The fact that Hakan Fidan has been at the head of this new ministry since January 2021 makes everything clear and simple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Erdo\u011fan has since transformed the Prime Minister's office into a registered government agency[11]<\/a> that controls certain Turkish consulates abroad \u2013 such as Atlanta, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, Washington DC (USA), Burnaby (Canada) and Rabat (Morocco)[12]<\/a> \u2013 and of course MIT too[13]<\/a>. In each of these agencies, Hakan Fidan plays the role of executive director[14]<\/a>. Maybe because MIT is not only active in Turkey, but all over the world ...<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On January 19, 2014, the Turkish gendarmerie blocked two trucks bound for Syria that were full of weapons[15]<\/a> \u2013 weapons intended to aid the Caliphate Army (ISIS)[16]<\/a> carried by MIT agents[17]<\/a>. Erdo\u011fan initially claimed that it was humanitarian aid[18]<\/a>, but some journalists managed to film the truck and the lie was discovered. Result: the 13 gendarmes who stopped the trucks were sentenced to long prison terms[19]<\/a>; The investigating judges were dismissed from their functions and charged[20]<\/a>; journalists involved in recording or publishing the information were sentenced to five years in prison[21]<\/a>. Police have been given new orders: never stop MIT vehicles from going overseas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of MIT's tasks is to fight the Hizmet sect and its preacher Fethullah G\u00fclen (tapping phones and the internet, stalking, kidnapping, torturing, murdering[22]<\/a>) in Turkey and abroad[23]<\/a>. However, MIT's main task is to fight opponents outside the country. Around 500 MIT officials and over 6,000 informants are active in Germany \u2013 an even larger and more powerful structure than STASI during the GDR era[24]<\/a> \u2013 whose purpose is not only to observe and report Turkish citizens who emigrated to Europe, but also to intervene physically[25]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of MIT's goals is to intercept communications to create fictitious evidence against critics of the Ankara regime and to justify their kidnapping and torture[26]<\/a>. A strategy that MIT is also pursuing in several other countries of the world \u2013 for example in Austria[27]<\/a>, Belgium[28]<\/a>, Czech Republic[29]<\/a>, France[30]<\/a>, Greece[31]<\/a>, Kosovo[32]<\/a>, Lithuania[33]<\/a>, Moldova[34]<\/a>, Norway[35]<\/a>, Serbia[36]<\/a>, Sweden[37]<\/a>, Switzerland[38]<\/a>, Ukraine[39]<\/a>, United Kingdom[40]<\/a>, Australia[41]<\/a>, Egypt[42]<\/a>, Gabon[43]<\/a>, Kenya[44]<\/a>, Libya[45]<\/a>, Sudan[46]<\/a>, United States[47]<\/a>, Armenia[48]<\/a>, Azerbaijan[49]<\/a>, Georgia[50]<\/a>, Iraq[51]<\/a>, Malaysia[52]<\/a>, Mongolia[53]<\/a>, Pakistan[54]<\/a> and Syria, where the Turkish government fights with its own army and supports ISIS[55]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German technology for Erdo\u011fan's torturer<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How FinFisher GmbH's FishSpy app works in Munich \u2013 the beating heart of MIT's Turkish spy system<\/sub><\/strong>[56]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The complex system of monitoring, hacking, interception and tampering necessary to monitor millions of people is no toy. NGOs from all over Europe are researching who developed such technology and found it in Germany \u2013 it is called FinSpy and is produced by three companies of the Gamma International group: FinFisher GmbH Munich, FinFisher Labs GmbH Munich and Elaman GmbH Munich. Four organizations were able to prove it to the German courts[57]<\/a>: Reporters Without Borders in Berlin (active throughout Europe, mainly concerned with press freedom[58]<\/a>), GFF Gesellschaft f\u00fcr Freiheitsrechte in Berlin (very active in monitoring illegal activities of the BND and other German secret services[59]<\/a>), Netzpolitik.org in Berlin (an online newspaper[60]<\/a>) and the European Center for the Constitution and Human Rights in Berlin[61]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Munich public prosecutor's office launches a criminal investigation based on the evidence presented by these NGOs: the aforementioned Bavarian companies have violated the foreign trade law on at least six points[62]<\/a> and have not only sold FinSpy to Turkey, but also to the governments of many other countries, including Bahrain, Egypt, Ethiopia, Libya, Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela[63]<\/a> \u2013 all countries which raise serious concerns about the democratic nature of the political system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The investigation revealed that these three companies were only originally one, Gamma International UK Ltd. Winchester, against whom an investigation opened in 2013 by the British judicial authorities was blocked[64]<\/a>, which would have put the company on the OECD blacklist at the end of 2016[65]<\/a> \u2013 a measure which prohibits anyone in the world from doing business with the group industrial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The British investigation was limited to the analysis of the sale of FinSpy to Bahrain, while the German investigation, accompanied by a large number of testimonies from victims of the terror of the Erdo\u011fan regime in Turkey and the abroad, goes much further and finds that FinSpy has been sold illegally in 36 countries[66]<\/a>, there are huge data centers in 11 countries[67]<\/a>, so it is now suspected that there are many more crimes hidden behind known facts[68]<\/a>. This is why the Munich prosecutor's office ordered a search of the premises of the Bavarian capital, but also of the Romanian branch of the Gamma International group, in October 2020[69]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is almost impossible to defend against FinSpy: the malware installs with fake updates disguised as official, via emails with fake attachments or through security holes in software \u2013 like Avira[70]<\/a> or iTunes from Apple \u2013 and then through the bogus platforms of the major search engines, Mac and Linux installations[71]<\/a>, email programs, social networks, websites for online shopping[72]<\/a>. Where Gamma International's malware fails, that of David Vincenzetti's[73]<\/a> hacking team[74]<\/a> is there. But this company is no longer there, Gamma has surpassed it, its founders are spread over many small companies[75]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who is behind the Chinese Boxen?<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In 2015, the Citizen Lab Institute in Toronto had identified 35 countries that illegally used the applications of the Gamma \/ FinFisher group<\/sub><\/strong>[76]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The investigation by the Munich prosecutor's office leaves a slightly bitter taste in the mouth: how is it possible that a complaint from four NGOs was necessary for investigation? It makes sense that the suspicion of hypocrisy arises, especially considering that the German Secret Service (BND) awarded Stephan Oelkers of Gamma International the Big Brother Awards in 2012, because Gamma was \"the world's best computer systems intrusion company. and installation of surveillance software<\/em> (...) Gamma offers its services on its website \u2013 although the development and distribution of this type of spyware is prohibited by German criminal law (Par. 282c StGB). However, this only applies to private customers, not sales to domestic authorities or the secret police of a foreign dictatorship. This is the reason why the Munich public prosecutor's office refused to initiate criminal proceedings against Gamma<\/em>\u201d[77]<\/a>. In short: everyone knew it all, but eight years ago the Munich prosecutor thought it was a trifle as long as this monstrous technology was being used by dictatorships to oppress their own people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To be precise, we know a lot about the illegal activities of this group since 1973 (when computers were toys and espionage involved infiltrating shady men into secret rooms using a document microfilming device. banned) of people scattered in the English countryside, in the port of Hamburg, in the Bavarian capital or in the slums of Cape Town. The story begins with a cable that the US Embassy in Bonn sent to federal authorities \u2013 a message reporting the suspicious activities of Hamburg-based Dutch electronics retailer Peter Kluever[78]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CIA decides to invest in this man, as does the German army. In 1981, his two companies PK Electronics and PKI Electronic Intelligence GmbH already had contracts with the US government. In 1983, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Abdullah Ibn Nasir IBn Abd al-Asis Al Sa'ud, visited Hamburg and the German generals showed him the effects of the use of Kluever technology on the efficiency and cadence of Leopard tanks fired \u2013 which the government of Moved Riyadh to acquire this technology[79]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1987, Oelkers flew to Beijing for a demonstration of its new chips and delighted the Chinese generals who have become part of its clientele[80]<\/a>. As part of the agreements signed with the United States, from 1985, Kluever sold very modern American spy technology (developed by the Ocean Applied Research Corporation in San Diego[81]<\/a> and distributed by the CompuDyne Corporation group in Pennsylvania[82]<\/a>) Muhammar Ghaddafi in Libya, Hafiz Al-Assad in Syria, Haji Mohammad Suharto in Indonesia \u2013 the three presidents use it to intercept phone calls and radio broadcasts from opponents, foreign armies and rebel groups[83]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As he grew older, Kluever sold his company (the PK Electronics Group in Hamburg) to two engineers, the German Stephan Oelkers and the Englishman William Louthean Nelson. The latter had started running the Beijing office in 1985 and had established his own company, Personal Protection Products Ltd. Hong Kong[84]<\/a> in 1992, which until 1994, through its subsidiary in Hull[85]<\/a>, sold listening devices used by the British secret services to fight the IRA in Ulster[86]<\/a>. When Kluever retires, PK Electronics will be passed on to William Nelson and his Louthean son John Alexander Nelson, the founders of the Gamma International Group[87]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The chart of the investments of the Gamma International Group as well as of associated persons and companies \u2013 \u00a9 IBI World Ltd. London<\/sub><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A new era is beginning in which the old wiretapping will soon be overcome and forgotten. The young Louthean begins to work with Niels J\u00f8rgen Tobiasen and his two companies: The CBRN Team Ltd. London[88]<\/a> and The Phoenix Hazard Training Ltd. Darlington[89]<\/a>. It is an industrial operation that arose out of a contract to supply chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapons to Uganda[90]<\/a> which was negotiated with a member of the government, Ananias Tumukunde, who had accepted a bribe of \u00a3 40,000[91]<\/a>. An operation that ended with the arrest of Tumukunde in Kampala and Tobiasen in London in July 2007[92]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During these years, Louthean Nelson also tried to facilitate a collaboration with the hacking team of David Vincenzetti: with one of the best hackers of the Milan group, Alberto Pelliccione, Nelson tried after a while to find a system. to hack Nokia devices \u2013 but Pelliccione changes his mind when he finds out Nelson has started delivering weapons to countries affected by international sanctions through a company that has now been liquidated, Cyan Engineering Services SAL Beirut[93]<\/a>. Something that Pelliccione wants nothing to do with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps even more surprising is the next business: Nelson founds Elaman and relocates some activities to Switzerland[94]<\/a> because he is once again doing business with his father's former partner, Stephan Oelkers. Oelkers convinced Nelson to move his operations center from Hamburg to Munich and to accept a new partner, Holger G\u00fcnther Rumscheidt. This should work with the Austrian secret service[95]<\/a> and attempt to take the Bad Aibling station back from the NSA (American Military Intelligence)[96]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is an imposing and extremely symbolic temptation: the Bad Aibling interception station was born in 1936 as a military airport and radar center of the Luftwaffe, and at the end of the war, the American army converted it into a camp transit for released prisoners of war and victims of National Socialist concentration camps. A very famous concentration camp that the writers G\u00fcnter Grass and Joseph Ratzinger (the future Pope Benedict XVI) passed through[97]<\/a>. From 1952 until the closure, requested by the European Union in 2001 and carried out in 2004 (officially, since the facility was still in operation in 2013[98]<\/a>), the NSA of Bad Aibling assembled its Echelon systems[99]<\/a> to intercept telephone communications of the entire planet[100]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The takeover of the NSA station would have been the dedication of Nelson and his employees to a company of global significance and almost unlimited power. Negotiations were not over when FinFisher started selling its FinSpy to Turkey and the world began to see the danger. After the research in Munich, Switzerland and Romania, Nelson began to liquidate all the companies as quickly as possible: some of them (Computplus Ltd., G2 Systems Ltd., Gamma 2000 Ltd., Gamma 2000 Waste Management Ltd., Gamma International (UK) Ltd.) were liquidated in early February 2021 at the time of writing[101]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is no turning back<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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April 14, 2007: Over a million peaceful citizens protest against the abolition of freedom and against a regime that has turned their homeland into a hell of oppression, violence and misery. An exciting scene of humanity that could hardly be repeated<\/sub><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, that does not change the substance of things. Today, February 2021, the government and its intelligence agencies in at least 40 countries around the world, the vast majority of which are ruled by dictatorships, have in their hands software that not only goes beyond doomsday scenarios. described by George Orwell, but also from \"Brazil\" by Terry Gilliam: Now, a regime no longer needs to discover that someone is preparing a plot to isolate, torture, condemn and exterminate them. The state can create evidence with the click of a computer, using software that in a thousandth of a second will doom each one of us and implicate each of our loved ones in our destruction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a society where the alienation of the individual from the common context has already reached worrying proportions, the software developed and sold by a small handful of criminals totally unknown to the public has enabled humanity to embark on a path of no return: one where there is nothing more true and verifiable in which each of us must doubt who is around us, and even (and even more) ourselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The weakness and superficiality with which Western governments (especially the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom) have allowed this software to be distributed across the planet for purely selfish calculations is unforgivable and the sign that 75 years after the end of WWII, 30 years after the end of the cold war, and the fear of nuclear conflict when nature rebels against the foolish way we are destroying it, people have crossed the line ultimate \u2013 those in which the enemy who kills does not come from outside, but from within \u2013 and is inexorable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/65-in-yuzbinleri-6335051<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/6554851.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/laik-turkiye-icin-caglayan-a-6426626<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/3-miting-3-mesaj-6462629<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/izmir-rekor-bekliyor-6495436<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/turkey-used-german-spy-software-on-opposition-politicians-and-activists\/a-43787769<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/atalayar.com\/en\/content\/turkish-spy-networks-control-opponents<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-39416954<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.birgun.net\/haber\/iddia-pelikancilar-hakan-fidan-gitsin-diyor-283382<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trthaber.com\/haber\/gundem\/iletisim-baskanligi-berat-albayrakin-gorevden-af-talebi-kabul-edilmistir-529559.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/europe\/russia-accuses-president-erdogan-s-son-law-being-linked-isis-oil-trade-a6761436.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2016\/09\/turkey-redhackers-daunt-the-erdogan-family.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/thepressproject.gr\/exclusive-wikileaks-documents-relations-erdogan-isis-oil-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.duvarenglish.com\/sport\/2020\/02\/10\/politics-in-stadiums-fenerbahce-fans-urge-minister-albayrak-to-keep-hands-off-football<\/a> ; https:\/\/odatv4.com\/fenerbahceliler-damata-karsi-ayaga-kalkti-02022031.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> Intelligence Online, \u201cHakan Fidan close to ministerial promotion<\/em>\u201d, see in 2020.11.18 Hakan Fidan Minister<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkey-launches-project-to-train-1-million-software-developers-154081<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> 2017.04.13 T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mill%C3%AE_%C4%B0stihbarat_Te%C5%9Fkil%C3%A2t%C4%B1#Leitung<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> Hakan Fidan on Nexis, pages 57-60<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/t24.com.tr\/haber\/adanada-3-tir-durduruldu-arama-yapiliyor,248707<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> 1000 colpi di mortaio, 1000 colpi di artiglieria, 50\u2019000 fucili d'assalto e 30\u2019000 munizioni per mitragliatrice \u2013 see in https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529223636\/http:\/\/www.aktifhaber.com\/devlet-sirri-denilen-mit-tirlari-ile-ilgili-tapeler-1053377h.htm#<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[18]<\/a> http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com.tr\/haber\/mit-tirlari-boyle-durduruldu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/bianet.org\/bianet\/insan-haklari\/155519-tir-lari-durdurmakla-suclanan-13-askere-muebbet-istendi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.milliyet.com.tr\/gundem\/mit-tirlari-olayinda-yeni-gelisme-5-savci-gorevden-uzaklastirildi-1999064<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/erdogandan-canli-yayinda-can-dundara-tehdit-288885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/www.faz.net\/aktuell\/politik\/ausland\/europa\/tuerkei\/tuerkei-kampf-gegen-die-soldaten-des-lichts-12715816.html?printPagedArticle=true#pageIndex_3<\/a> ; https:\/\/taz.de\/Wie-Guelen-zum-Staatsfeind-Nr-1-wurde\/!5323191\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.sabah.com.tr\/gundem\/2021\/02\/03\/son-dakika-istihbarattaki-fetocu-generalden-bomba-itiraflar-tegmen-rutbemi-fetullah-gulen-takti<\/a> ; https:\/\/tr.sputniknews.com\/turkiye\/202001211041211454-sozcu-ilker-basbugu-cezaevine-attiran-feto-mektubunu-acikliyoruz\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.genios.de\/presse-archiv\/artikel\/FAZ\/20171111\/jagd-auf-die-guelenisten\/FR1201711115279571.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nadir.org\/nadir\/initiativ\/isku\/hintergrund\/geheimdienste\/geheim994.htm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/tuerkischer-geheimdienst-liess-erdogan-gegner-in-deutschland-ausspionieren\/12027820.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article157778863\/Erdogans-Agenten-bedrohen-Tuerken-in-Deutschland.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.derstandard.at\/story\/1397522175727\/geheimdienst-staat-tuerkei<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2020\/09\/turkey-austria-spy-nehammer-kurdish-clashes-protests-vienna.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/austria-turkey-espionage-int-idUSKBN25S4R5<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/10\/13\/world\/europe\/turkey-austria-erdogan-assassin.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/global-europe\/news\/flemish-minister-turkish-sponosred-mosque-is-nest-of-spies\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/07\/06\/influenced-by-gulenists-belgium-targets-turkish-mosques-fighting-extremism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/erdogan-critics-listed-by-turkish-embassy-in-prague-were-included-in-bogus-terrorism-probe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-kosovo-security-turkey-idUSKBN1H70CC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/opinion\/murat-yetkin\/turkish-intelligence-unveils-secret-codes-used-before-coup-attempt-103843<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2018\/09\/turkish-teachers-detained-moldova-gulen.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/balkaninsight.com\/2018\/09\/06\/six-turkish-professors-detained-by-moldovan-secret-services-09-06-2018\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/turkeypurge.com\/turkey-spying-imams-active-also-in-norway<\/a> ; https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/turkeys-autocratic-president-erdogans-spying-profiling-expands-in-norway\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/kafila.org\/www-matthewaid-com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[38]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/politics\/undiplomatic_swiss-eye-alleged-turkish-kidnapping-attempt\/43973170<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/swiss-foreign-minister-warns-turkey-against-illegal-spying-111199<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/eu-affairs\/2017\/05\/01\/as-anti-turkish-politics-grip-europe-turkish-swiss-policeman-arrested<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-brings-key-feto-suspect-from-ukraine-to-turkey-134608<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.meforum.org\/60976\/turkish-spy-agency-mit-intelligence-gathering-australia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-egypt-court\/egypt-detains-29-people-on-suspicion-of-espionage-for-turkey-idUSKBN1DM1AN<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.egypttoday.com\/Article\/1\/33764\/In-Pictures-Egypt-foils-Turkish-espionage-attempt<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-agency-brings-three-feto-members-from-gabon-to-turkey-130050<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/turkey\/turkish-intelligence-agency-rescues-a-kidnapped-italian-citizen-in-kenya-36192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20190807-libyan-national-army-turkish-intelligence-is-operating-in-tripoli\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/11\/27\/senior-feto-figure-captured-by-turkish-intelligence-in-sudan\/amp<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/07\/turkish-diplomats-have-extensively-spied-on-critics-in-the-united-states\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intel-returns-wanted-feto-from-azerbaijan-140108<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/06\/turkish-diplomats-spy-on-erdogan-critics-in-georgia-secret-document-reveals\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[52]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/cellmate-teacher-abducted-by-turkeys-mit-from-malaysia-subjected-to-torture-in-ankara\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligences-captures-feto-suspect-in-malaysia-146188<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[54]<\/a> https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/pakistan\/pakistan-admits-they-secretly-deported-turkish-family-wanted-by-erdogan-govt-4895423\/lite\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turkish_involvement_in_the_Syrian_civil_war<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[63]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 6-7, page 12<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[64]<\/a> https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847361\/UK-NCP-initial-complaint-privacy-international-and-others-against-gamma-international-uk-ltd.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847362\/UK-NCP-Final-statement-complaint-Privacy-International-Gamma-International-UK-Ltd.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847364\/uk-ncp-follow-up-statement-privacy-international-gamma-international.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[65]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/privacy-international-complaint-to-uk-ncp-about-gamma-international-uk-ltd<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[66]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/finfisher-malicious-spyware-disguised-mozilla-firefox-discovered-36-countries-1233177<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[67]<\/a> https:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/home\/security-news\/finfisher-command-and-control-hubs-turn-up-in-11-new-countries\/<\/a> ; 2013.04.01 SC Magazine on FinFisher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[68]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/german-prosecutors-investigate-spyware-maker-finfisher\/a-50293812<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[69]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/2020\/unsere-strafanzeige-razzia-bei-staatstrojaner-firma-finfisher-in-muenchen\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[70]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/intelligence_privacy\/avira-lantivirus-comprato-dai-servizi-segreti-del-golfo-persico\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/blogs.mediapart.fr\/paolo-fusi\/blog\/260920\/le-hacker-militaire-qui-achete-avira<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[71]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/research\/2020\/09\/german-made-finspy-spyware-found-in-egypt-and-mac-and-linux-versions-revealed\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[72]<\/a> https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/BL-DGB-23568<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/technology\/apple\/8912714\/Apple-iTunes-flaw-allowed-government-spying-for-3-years.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/krebsonsecurity.com\/2011\/11\/apple-took-3-years-to-fix-finfisher-trojan-hole\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2012-07-25\/cyber-attacks-on-activists-traced-to-finfisher-spyware-of-gamma<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[75]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/tecnologia\/2015\/07\/12\/news\/segreti-concorrenza-e-fobie-tutti-i-punti-deboli-di-hacking-team-1.35241096<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[76]<\/a> https:\/\/citizenlab.ca\/2015\/10\/mapping-finfishers-continuing-proliferation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[77]<\/a> https:\/\/bigbrotherawards.de\/en\/2012\/technology-gamma-international<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[78]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/pdf\/gammagrouploutheannelsonwapenhandelaarspursang.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/slideum.com\/doc\/9973831\/gehele-observant-%2369--januari-2017-politie-mercenaries<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[79]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[81]<\/a> U.S. Department of Commerce, Industry and Trade Administration, \u201cCommercial News USA<\/em>\u201d, U.S. Foreign Commercial Service, Washington DC, 1979, page 38<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[82]<\/a> https:\/\/www.referenceforbusiness.com\/history2\/1\/CompuDyne-Corporation.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[83]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[84]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/hk\/0475615<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[85]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/02088610<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[86]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[87]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/01958854<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[88]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/05318642<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[89]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/06591222<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[90]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[91]<\/a> https:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/200809010266.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[92]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nti.org\/gsn\/article\/danish-man-charged-with-wmd-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[94]<\/a> Elaman AG Malans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[95]<\/a> Holger G\u00fcnther Rumscheidt Kirchberg in Tirol<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[98]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[99]<\/a> James Bamford, \u201cBody of secrets: Anatomy of the ultra-secret NSA<\/em>\u201d, Anchor Books, New York, 2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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The operation consists of eavesdropping on all cell phones in Turkey, spying on their contacts, reading the message exchanges, inserting false data and conversations to identify disgruntled people and creating on their devices false evidence of their participation in a terrorist plot[3]<\/a>. An operation of cynicism and brutality, both physical and psychological, which goes far beyond the nightmares George Orwell recounted in his novels on the social apocalypse. As Erdo\u011fan realized that this would not be enough, the dictator widened the hearing and the falsification of communications abroad, in countries like Greece, Australia or Germany, where thousands of Turks who fled their homeland, live[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The nightmare of total electronic control<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hakan Fidan (left), Bayrat Albarak (center) and Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan (right), directors of the telematic terror unleashed by the Ankara government<\/sub><\/strong>[5]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The operation is led by Hakan Fidan, a close friend of Erdo\u011fan and head of the Turkish intelligence service (MIT \u2013 Mill\u00ee \u0130stihbarat Te\u015fkil\u00e2t\u0131): he is a sergeant who, after meeting the future dictator, followed his career as a leader security then gradually reached a framework of military espionage, to the point that in November 2020, following the resignation of Erdo\u011fan's son-in-law, Berat Albayrak[6]<\/a> (who financed ISIS as part of its cooperation with the Iraq[7]<\/a>, as well as his participation in the scandal of the manipulation of the results of the Turkish Football League got into trouble[8]<\/a>), he became the main candidate for the office of the new Minister of Finance[9]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Albayrak was not chosen for his skills in economics, but because he is the coordinator of a whole telematic control project, for which the regime, after having trained a million state hackers, will control all economic transactions of every business and every citizen[10]<\/a>: officially to prevent tax evasion. The fact that Hakan Fidan has been at the head of this new ministry since January 2021 makes everything clear and simple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Erdo\u011fan has since transformed the Prime Minister's office into a registered government agency[11]<\/a> that controls certain Turkish consulates abroad \u2013 such as Atlanta, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, Washington DC (USA), Burnaby (Canada) and Rabat (Morocco)[12]<\/a> \u2013 and of course MIT too[13]<\/a>. In each of these agencies, Hakan Fidan plays the role of executive director[14]<\/a>. Maybe because MIT is not only active in Turkey, but all over the world ...<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On January 19, 2014, the Turkish gendarmerie blocked two trucks bound for Syria that were full of weapons[15]<\/a> \u2013 weapons intended to aid the Caliphate Army (ISIS)[16]<\/a> carried by MIT agents[17]<\/a>. Erdo\u011fan initially claimed that it was humanitarian aid[18]<\/a>, but some journalists managed to film the truck and the lie was discovered. Result: the 13 gendarmes who stopped the trucks were sentenced to long prison terms[19]<\/a>; The investigating judges were dismissed from their functions and charged[20]<\/a>; journalists involved in recording or publishing the information were sentenced to five years in prison[21]<\/a>. Police have been given new orders: never stop MIT vehicles from going overseas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of MIT's tasks is to fight the Hizmet sect and its preacher Fethullah G\u00fclen (tapping phones and the internet, stalking, kidnapping, torturing, murdering[22]<\/a>) in Turkey and abroad[23]<\/a>. However, MIT's main task is to fight opponents outside the country. Around 500 MIT officials and over 6,000 informants are active in Germany \u2013 an even larger and more powerful structure than STASI during the GDR era[24]<\/a> \u2013 whose purpose is not only to observe and report Turkish citizens who emigrated to Europe, but also to intervene physically[25]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of MIT's goals is to intercept communications to create fictitious evidence against critics of the Ankara regime and to justify their kidnapping and torture[26]<\/a>. A strategy that MIT is also pursuing in several other countries of the world \u2013 for example in Austria[27]<\/a>, Belgium[28]<\/a>, Czech Republic[29]<\/a>, France[30]<\/a>, Greece[31]<\/a>, Kosovo[32]<\/a>, Lithuania[33]<\/a>, Moldova[34]<\/a>, Norway[35]<\/a>, Serbia[36]<\/a>, Sweden[37]<\/a>, Switzerland[38]<\/a>, Ukraine[39]<\/a>, United Kingdom[40]<\/a>, Australia[41]<\/a>, Egypt[42]<\/a>, Gabon[43]<\/a>, Kenya[44]<\/a>, Libya[45]<\/a>, Sudan[46]<\/a>, United States[47]<\/a>, Armenia[48]<\/a>, Azerbaijan[49]<\/a>, Georgia[50]<\/a>, Iraq[51]<\/a>, Malaysia[52]<\/a>, Mongolia[53]<\/a>, Pakistan[54]<\/a> and Syria, where the Turkish government fights with its own army and supports ISIS[55]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German technology for Erdo\u011fan's torturer<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How FinFisher GmbH's FishSpy app works in Munich \u2013 the beating heart of MIT's Turkish spy system<\/sub><\/strong>[56]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The complex system of monitoring, hacking, interception and tampering necessary to monitor millions of people is no toy. NGOs from all over Europe are researching who developed such technology and found it in Germany \u2013 it is called FinSpy and is produced by three companies of the Gamma International group: FinFisher GmbH Munich, FinFisher Labs GmbH Munich and Elaman GmbH Munich. Four organizations were able to prove it to the German courts[57]<\/a>: Reporters Without Borders in Berlin (active throughout Europe, mainly concerned with press freedom[58]<\/a>), GFF Gesellschaft f\u00fcr Freiheitsrechte in Berlin (very active in monitoring illegal activities of the BND and other German secret services[59]<\/a>), Netzpolitik.org in Berlin (an online newspaper[60]<\/a>) and the European Center for the Constitution and Human Rights in Berlin[61]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Munich public prosecutor's office launches a criminal investigation based on the evidence presented by these NGOs: the aforementioned Bavarian companies have violated the foreign trade law on at least six points[62]<\/a> and have not only sold FinSpy to Turkey, but also to the governments of many other countries, including Bahrain, Egypt, Ethiopia, Libya, Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela[63]<\/a> \u2013 all countries which raise serious concerns about the democratic nature of the political system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The investigation revealed that these three companies were only originally one, Gamma International UK Ltd. Winchester, against whom an investigation opened in 2013 by the British judicial authorities was blocked[64]<\/a>, which would have put the company on the OECD blacklist at the end of 2016[65]<\/a> \u2013 a measure which prohibits anyone in the world from doing business with the group industrial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The British investigation was limited to the analysis of the sale of FinSpy to Bahrain, while the German investigation, accompanied by a large number of testimonies from victims of the terror of the Erdo\u011fan regime in Turkey and the abroad, goes much further and finds that FinSpy has been sold illegally in 36 countries[66]<\/a>, there are huge data centers in 11 countries[67]<\/a>, so it is now suspected that there are many more crimes hidden behind known facts[68]<\/a>. This is why the Munich prosecutor's office ordered a search of the premises of the Bavarian capital, but also of the Romanian branch of the Gamma International group, in October 2020[69]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is almost impossible to defend against FinSpy: the malware installs with fake updates disguised as official, via emails with fake attachments or through security holes in software \u2013 like Avira[70]<\/a> or iTunes from Apple \u2013 and then through the bogus platforms of the major search engines, Mac and Linux installations[71]<\/a>, email programs, social networks, websites for online shopping[72]<\/a>. Where Gamma International's malware fails, that of David Vincenzetti's[73]<\/a> hacking team[74]<\/a> is there. But this company is no longer there, Gamma has surpassed it, its founders are spread over many small companies[75]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who is behind the Chinese Boxen?<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In 2015, the Citizen Lab Institute in Toronto had identified 35 countries that illegally used the applications of the Gamma \/ FinFisher group<\/sub><\/strong>[76]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The investigation by the Munich prosecutor's office leaves a slightly bitter taste in the mouth: how is it possible that a complaint from four NGOs was necessary for investigation? It makes sense that the suspicion of hypocrisy arises, especially considering that the German Secret Service (BND) awarded Stephan Oelkers of Gamma International the Big Brother Awards in 2012, because Gamma was \"the world's best computer systems intrusion company. and installation of surveillance software<\/em> (...) Gamma offers its services on its website \u2013 although the development and distribution of this type of spyware is prohibited by German criminal law (Par. 282c StGB). However, this only applies to private customers, not sales to domestic authorities or the secret police of a foreign dictatorship. This is the reason why the Munich public prosecutor's office refused to initiate criminal proceedings against Gamma<\/em>\u201d[77]<\/a>. In short: everyone knew it all, but eight years ago the Munich prosecutor thought it was a trifle as long as this monstrous technology was being used by dictatorships to oppress their own people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To be precise, we know a lot about the illegal activities of this group since 1973 (when computers were toys and espionage involved infiltrating shady men into secret rooms using a document microfilming device. banned) of people scattered in the English countryside, in the port of Hamburg, in the Bavarian capital or in the slums of Cape Town. The story begins with a cable that the US Embassy in Bonn sent to federal authorities \u2013 a message reporting the suspicious activities of Hamburg-based Dutch electronics retailer Peter Kluever[78]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CIA decides to invest in this man, as does the German army. In 1981, his two companies PK Electronics and PKI Electronic Intelligence GmbH already had contracts with the US government. In 1983, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Abdullah Ibn Nasir IBn Abd al-Asis Al Sa'ud, visited Hamburg and the German generals showed him the effects of the use of Kluever technology on the efficiency and cadence of Leopard tanks fired \u2013 which the government of Moved Riyadh to acquire this technology[79]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1987, Oelkers flew to Beijing for a demonstration of its new chips and delighted the Chinese generals who have become part of its clientele[80]<\/a>. As part of the agreements signed with the United States, from 1985, Kluever sold very modern American spy technology (developed by the Ocean Applied Research Corporation in San Diego[81]<\/a> and distributed by the CompuDyne Corporation group in Pennsylvania[82]<\/a>) Muhammar Ghaddafi in Libya, Hafiz Al-Assad in Syria, Haji Mohammad Suharto in Indonesia \u2013 the three presidents use it to intercept phone calls and radio broadcasts from opponents, foreign armies and rebel groups[83]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As he grew older, Kluever sold his company (the PK Electronics Group in Hamburg) to two engineers, the German Stephan Oelkers and the Englishman William Louthean Nelson. The latter had started running the Beijing office in 1985 and had established his own company, Personal Protection Products Ltd. Hong Kong[84]<\/a> in 1992, which until 1994, through its subsidiary in Hull[85]<\/a>, sold listening devices used by the British secret services to fight the IRA in Ulster[86]<\/a>. When Kluever retires, PK Electronics will be passed on to William Nelson and his Louthean son John Alexander Nelson, the founders of the Gamma International Group[87]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The chart of the investments of the Gamma International Group as well as of associated persons and companies \u2013 \u00a9 IBI World Ltd. London<\/sub><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A new era is beginning in which the old wiretapping will soon be overcome and forgotten. The young Louthean begins to work with Niels J\u00f8rgen Tobiasen and his two companies: The CBRN Team Ltd. London[88]<\/a> and The Phoenix Hazard Training Ltd. Darlington[89]<\/a>. It is an industrial operation that arose out of a contract to supply chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapons to Uganda[90]<\/a> which was negotiated with a member of the government, Ananias Tumukunde, who had accepted a bribe of \u00a3 40,000[91]<\/a>. An operation that ended with the arrest of Tumukunde in Kampala and Tobiasen in London in July 2007[92]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During these years, Louthean Nelson also tried to facilitate a collaboration with the hacking team of David Vincenzetti: with one of the best hackers of the Milan group, Alberto Pelliccione, Nelson tried after a while to find a system. to hack Nokia devices \u2013 but Pelliccione changes his mind when he finds out Nelson has started delivering weapons to countries affected by international sanctions through a company that has now been liquidated, Cyan Engineering Services SAL Beirut[93]<\/a>. Something that Pelliccione wants nothing to do with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps even more surprising is the next business: Nelson founds Elaman and relocates some activities to Switzerland[94]<\/a> because he is once again doing business with his father's former partner, Stephan Oelkers. Oelkers convinced Nelson to move his operations center from Hamburg to Munich and to accept a new partner, Holger G\u00fcnther Rumscheidt. This should work with the Austrian secret service[95]<\/a> and attempt to take the Bad Aibling station back from the NSA (American Military Intelligence)[96]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is an imposing and extremely symbolic temptation: the Bad Aibling interception station was born in 1936 as a military airport and radar center of the Luftwaffe, and at the end of the war, the American army converted it into a camp transit for released prisoners of war and victims of National Socialist concentration camps. A very famous concentration camp that the writers G\u00fcnter Grass and Joseph Ratzinger (the future Pope Benedict XVI) passed through[97]<\/a>. From 1952 until the closure, requested by the European Union in 2001 and carried out in 2004 (officially, since the facility was still in operation in 2013[98]<\/a>), the NSA of Bad Aibling assembled its Echelon systems[99]<\/a> to intercept telephone communications of the entire planet[100]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The takeover of the NSA station would have been the dedication of Nelson and his employees to a company of global significance and almost unlimited power. Negotiations were not over when FinFisher started selling its FinSpy to Turkey and the world began to see the danger. After the research in Munich, Switzerland and Romania, Nelson began to liquidate all the companies as quickly as possible: some of them (Computplus Ltd., G2 Systems Ltd., Gamma 2000 Ltd., Gamma 2000 Waste Management Ltd., Gamma International (UK) Ltd.) were liquidated in early February 2021 at the time of writing[101]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is no turning back<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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April 14, 2007: Over a million peaceful citizens protest against the abolition of freedom and against a regime that has turned their homeland into a hell of oppression, violence and misery. An exciting scene of humanity that could hardly be repeated<\/sub><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, that does not change the substance of things. Today, February 2021, the government and its intelligence agencies in at least 40 countries around the world, the vast majority of which are ruled by dictatorships, have in their hands software that not only goes beyond doomsday scenarios. described by George Orwell, but also from \"Brazil\" by Terry Gilliam: Now, a regime no longer needs to discover that someone is preparing a plot to isolate, torture, condemn and exterminate them. The state can create evidence with the click of a computer, using software that in a thousandth of a second will doom each one of us and implicate each of our loved ones in our destruction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a society where the alienation of the individual from the common context has already reached worrying proportions, the software developed and sold by a small handful of criminals totally unknown to the public has enabled humanity to embark on a path of no return: one where there is nothing more true and verifiable in which each of us must doubt who is around us, and even (and even more) ourselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The weakness and superficiality with which Western governments (especially the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom) have allowed this software to be distributed across the planet for purely selfish calculations is unforgivable and the sign that 75 years after the end of WWII, 30 years after the end of the cold war, and the fear of nuclear conflict when nature rebels against the foolish way we are destroying it, people have crossed the line ultimate \u2013 those in which the enemy who kills does not come from outside, but from within \u2013 and is inexorable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/65-in-yuzbinleri-6335051<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/6554851.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/laik-turkiye-icin-caglayan-a-6426626<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/3-miting-3-mesaj-6462629<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/izmir-rekor-bekliyor-6495436<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/turkey-used-german-spy-software-on-opposition-politicians-and-activists\/a-43787769<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/atalayar.com\/en\/content\/turkish-spy-networks-control-opponents<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-39416954<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.birgun.net\/haber\/iddia-pelikancilar-hakan-fidan-gitsin-diyor-283382<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trthaber.com\/haber\/gundem\/iletisim-baskanligi-berat-albayrakin-gorevden-af-talebi-kabul-edilmistir-529559.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/europe\/russia-accuses-president-erdogan-s-son-law-being-linked-isis-oil-trade-a6761436.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2016\/09\/turkey-redhackers-daunt-the-erdogan-family.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/thepressproject.gr\/exclusive-wikileaks-documents-relations-erdogan-isis-oil-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.duvarenglish.com\/sport\/2020\/02\/10\/politics-in-stadiums-fenerbahce-fans-urge-minister-albayrak-to-keep-hands-off-football<\/a> ; https:\/\/odatv4.com\/fenerbahceliler-damata-karsi-ayaga-kalkti-02022031.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> Intelligence Online, \u201cHakan Fidan close to ministerial promotion<\/em>\u201d, see in 2020.11.18 Hakan Fidan Minister<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkey-launches-project-to-train-1-million-software-developers-154081<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> 2017.04.13 T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mill%C3%AE_%C4%B0stihbarat_Te%C5%9Fkil%C3%A2t%C4%B1#Leitung<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> Hakan Fidan on Nexis, pages 57-60<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/t24.com.tr\/haber\/adanada-3-tir-durduruldu-arama-yapiliyor,248707<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> 1000 colpi di mortaio, 1000 colpi di artiglieria, 50\u2019000 fucili d'assalto e 30\u2019000 munizioni per mitragliatrice \u2013 see in https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529223636\/http:\/\/www.aktifhaber.com\/devlet-sirri-denilen-mit-tirlari-ile-ilgili-tapeler-1053377h.htm#<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[18]<\/a> http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com.tr\/haber\/mit-tirlari-boyle-durduruldu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/bianet.org\/bianet\/insan-haklari\/155519-tir-lari-durdurmakla-suclanan-13-askere-muebbet-istendi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[21]<\/a> http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/erdogandan-canli-yayinda-can-dundara-tehdit-288885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/www.faz.net\/aktuell\/politik\/ausland\/europa\/tuerkei\/tuerkei-kampf-gegen-die-soldaten-des-lichts-12715816.html?printPagedArticle=true#pageIndex_3<\/a> ; https:\/\/taz.de\/Wie-Guelen-zum-Staatsfeind-Nr-1-wurde\/!5323191\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.sabah.com.tr\/gundem\/2021\/02\/03\/son-dakika-istihbarattaki-fetocu-generalden-bomba-itiraflar-tegmen-rutbemi-fetullah-gulen-takti<\/a> ; https:\/\/tr.sputniknews.com\/turkiye\/202001211041211454-sozcu-ilker-basbugu-cezaevine-attiran-feto-mektubunu-acikliyoruz\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nadir.org\/nadir\/initiativ\/isku\/hintergrund\/geheimdienste\/geheim994.htm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/tuerkischer-geheimdienst-liess-erdogan-gegner-in-deutschland-ausspionieren\/12027820.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article157778863\/Erdogans-Agenten-bedrohen-Tuerken-in-Deutschland.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.derstandard.at\/story\/1397522175727\/geheimdienst-staat-tuerkei<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2020\/09\/turkey-austria-spy-nehammer-kurdish-clashes-protests-vienna.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/austria-turkey-espionage-int-idUSKBN25S4R5<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/10\/13\/world\/europe\/turkey-austria-erdogan-assassin.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/global-europe\/news\/flemish-minister-turkish-sponosred-mosque-is-nest-of-spies\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/07\/06\/influenced-by-gulenists-belgium-targets-turkish-mosques-fighting-extremism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-kosovo-security-turkey-idUSKBN1H70CC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/opinion\/murat-yetkin\/turkish-intelligence-unveils-secret-codes-used-before-coup-attempt-103843<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2018\/09\/turkish-teachers-detained-moldova-gulen.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/balkaninsight.com\/2018\/09\/06\/six-turkish-professors-detained-by-moldovan-secret-services-09-06-2018\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[39]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-brings-key-feto-suspect-from-ukraine-to-turkey-134608<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.meforum.org\/60976\/turkish-spy-agency-mit-intelligence-gathering-australia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-agency-brings-three-feto-members-from-gabon-to-turkey-130050<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/turkey\/turkish-intelligence-agency-rescues-a-kidnapped-italian-citizen-in-kenya-36192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20190807-libyan-national-army-turkish-intelligence-is-operating-in-tripoli\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/11\/27\/senior-feto-figure-captured-by-turkish-intelligence-in-sudan\/amp<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/07\/turkish-diplomats-have-extensively-spied-on-critics-in-the-united-states\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[52]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/cellmate-teacher-abducted-by-turkeys-mit-from-malaysia-subjected-to-torture-in-ankara\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligences-captures-feto-suspect-in-malaysia-146188<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[63]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 6-7, page 12<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[65]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/privacy-international-complaint-to-uk-ncp-about-gamma-international-uk-ltd<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[66]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/finfisher-malicious-spyware-disguised-mozilla-firefox-discovered-36-countries-1233177<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[67]<\/a> https:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/home\/security-news\/finfisher-command-and-control-hubs-turn-up-in-11-new-countries\/<\/a> ; 2013.04.01 SC Magazine on FinFisher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[68]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/german-prosecutors-investigate-spyware-maker-finfisher\/a-50293812<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[69]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/2020\/unsere-strafanzeige-razzia-bei-staatstrojaner-firma-finfisher-in-muenchen\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[70]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/intelligence_privacy\/avira-lantivirus-comprato-dai-servizi-segreti-del-golfo-persico\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/blogs.mediapart.fr\/paolo-fusi\/blog\/260920\/le-hacker-militaire-qui-achete-avira<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[71]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/research\/2020\/09\/german-made-finspy-spyware-found-in-egypt-and-mac-and-linux-versions-revealed\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[72]<\/a> https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/BL-DGB-23568<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/technology\/apple\/8912714\/Apple-iTunes-flaw-allowed-government-spying-for-3-years.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/krebsonsecurity.com\/2011\/11\/apple-took-3-years-to-fix-finfisher-trojan-hole\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2012-07-25\/cyber-attacks-on-activists-traced-to-finfisher-spyware-of-gamma<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[75]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/tecnologia\/2015\/07\/12\/news\/segreti-concorrenza-e-fobie-tutti-i-punti-deboli-di-hacking-team-1.35241096<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[76]<\/a> https:\/\/citizenlab.ca\/2015\/10\/mapping-finfishers-continuing-proliferation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[77]<\/a> https:\/\/bigbrotherawards.de\/en\/2012\/technology-gamma-international<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[78]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/pdf\/gammagrouploutheannelsonwapenhandelaarspursang.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/slideum.com\/doc\/9973831\/gehele-observant-%2369--januari-2017-politie-mercenaries<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[79]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[81]<\/a> U.S. Department of Commerce, Industry and Trade Administration, \u201cCommercial News USA<\/em>\u201d, U.S. Foreign Commercial Service, Washington DC, 1979, page 38<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[82]<\/a> https:\/\/www.referenceforbusiness.com\/history2\/1\/CompuDyne-Corporation.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[83]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[84]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/hk\/0475615<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[85]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/02088610<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[86]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[87]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/01958854<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[88]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/05318642<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[89]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/06591222<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[90]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[91]<\/a> https:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/200809010266.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[92]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nti.org\/gsn\/article\/danish-man-charged-with-wmd-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[94]<\/a> Elaman AG Malans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[95]<\/a> Holger G\u00fcnther Rumscheidt Kirchberg in Tirol<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[98]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[99]<\/a> James Bamford, \u201cBody of secrets: Anatomy of the ultra-secret NSA<\/em>\u201d, Anchor Books, New York, 2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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Since then, the regime's strategy has been clear: to suppress any protest, criticism, bad mood, newspaper or blog, anyone who is able to organize a new crowd to show the world what Turkey is today. As Erdo\u011fan realized that there were no protest leaders, but rather widespread desperation, urging individuals to desperately cry out for help[2]<\/a> \u2013 possibly to a blind and opportunistic Western world \u2013 the strategy has been refined and a new individual persecution operation implemented. Something never seen before that overcomes the bureaucratic repression of the Nazis because it uses technology that Adolf Hitler and his hierarchies never had at their disposal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The operation consists of eavesdropping on all cell phones in Turkey, spying on their contacts, reading the message exchanges, inserting false data and conversations to identify disgruntled people and creating on their devices false evidence of their participation in a terrorist plot[3]<\/a>. An operation of cynicism and brutality, both physical and psychological, which goes far beyond the nightmares George Orwell recounted in his novels on the social apocalypse. As Erdo\u011fan realized that this would not be enough, the dictator widened the hearing and the falsification of communications abroad, in countries like Greece, Australia or Germany, where thousands of Turks who fled their homeland, live[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The nightmare of total electronic control<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hakan Fidan (left), Bayrat Albarak (center) and Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan (right), directors of the telematic terror unleashed by the Ankara government<\/sub><\/strong>[5]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The operation is led by Hakan Fidan, a close friend of Erdo\u011fan and head of the Turkish intelligence service (MIT \u2013 Mill\u00ee \u0130stihbarat Te\u015fkil\u00e2t\u0131): he is a sergeant who, after meeting the future dictator, followed his career as a leader security then gradually reached a framework of military espionage, to the point that in November 2020, following the resignation of Erdo\u011fan's son-in-law, Berat Albayrak[6]<\/a> (who financed ISIS as part of its cooperation with the Iraq[7]<\/a>, as well as his participation in the scandal of the manipulation of the results of the Turkish Football League got into trouble[8]<\/a>), he became the main candidate for the office of the new Minister of Finance[9]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Albayrak was not chosen for his skills in economics, but because he is the coordinator of a whole telematic control project, for which the regime, after having trained a million state hackers, will control all economic transactions of every business and every citizen[10]<\/a>: officially to prevent tax evasion. The fact that Hakan Fidan has been at the head of this new ministry since January 2021 makes everything clear and simple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Erdo\u011fan has since transformed the Prime Minister's office into a registered government agency[11]<\/a> that controls certain Turkish consulates abroad \u2013 such as Atlanta, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, Washington DC (USA), Burnaby (Canada) and Rabat (Morocco)[12]<\/a> \u2013 and of course MIT too[13]<\/a>. In each of these agencies, Hakan Fidan plays the role of executive director[14]<\/a>. Maybe because MIT is not only active in Turkey, but all over the world ...<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On January 19, 2014, the Turkish gendarmerie blocked two trucks bound for Syria that were full of weapons[15]<\/a> \u2013 weapons intended to aid the Caliphate Army (ISIS)[16]<\/a> carried by MIT agents[17]<\/a>. Erdo\u011fan initially claimed that it was humanitarian aid[18]<\/a>, but some journalists managed to film the truck and the lie was discovered. Result: the 13 gendarmes who stopped the trucks were sentenced to long prison terms[19]<\/a>; The investigating judges were dismissed from their functions and charged[20]<\/a>; journalists involved in recording or publishing the information were sentenced to five years in prison[21]<\/a>. Police have been given new orders: never stop MIT vehicles from going overseas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of MIT's tasks is to fight the Hizmet sect and its preacher Fethullah G\u00fclen (tapping phones and the internet, stalking, kidnapping, torturing, murdering[22]<\/a>) in Turkey and abroad[23]<\/a>. However, MIT's main task is to fight opponents outside the country. Around 500 MIT officials and over 6,000 informants are active in Germany \u2013 an even larger and more powerful structure than STASI during the GDR era[24]<\/a> \u2013 whose purpose is not only to observe and report Turkish citizens who emigrated to Europe, but also to intervene physically[25]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of MIT's goals is to intercept communications to create fictitious evidence against critics of the Ankara regime and to justify their kidnapping and torture[26]<\/a>. A strategy that MIT is also pursuing in several other countries of the world \u2013 for example in Austria[27]<\/a>, Belgium[28]<\/a>, Czech Republic[29]<\/a>, France[30]<\/a>, Greece[31]<\/a>, Kosovo[32]<\/a>, Lithuania[33]<\/a>, Moldova[34]<\/a>, Norway[35]<\/a>, Serbia[36]<\/a>, Sweden[37]<\/a>, Switzerland[38]<\/a>, Ukraine[39]<\/a>, United Kingdom[40]<\/a>, Australia[41]<\/a>, Egypt[42]<\/a>, Gabon[43]<\/a>, Kenya[44]<\/a>, Libya[45]<\/a>, Sudan[46]<\/a>, United States[47]<\/a>, Armenia[48]<\/a>, Azerbaijan[49]<\/a>, Georgia[50]<\/a>, Iraq[51]<\/a>, Malaysia[52]<\/a>, Mongolia[53]<\/a>, Pakistan[54]<\/a> and Syria, where the Turkish government fights with its own army and supports ISIS[55]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German technology for Erdo\u011fan's torturer<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How FinFisher GmbH's FishSpy app works in Munich \u2013 the beating heart of MIT's Turkish spy system<\/sub><\/strong>[56]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The complex system of monitoring, hacking, interception and tampering necessary to monitor millions of people is no toy. NGOs from all over Europe are researching who developed such technology and found it in Germany \u2013 it is called FinSpy and is produced by three companies of the Gamma International group: FinFisher GmbH Munich, FinFisher Labs GmbH Munich and Elaman GmbH Munich. Four organizations were able to prove it to the German courts[57]<\/a>: Reporters Without Borders in Berlin (active throughout Europe, mainly concerned with press freedom[58]<\/a>), GFF Gesellschaft f\u00fcr Freiheitsrechte in Berlin (very active in monitoring illegal activities of the BND and other German secret services[59]<\/a>), Netzpolitik.org in Berlin (an online newspaper[60]<\/a>) and the European Center for the Constitution and Human Rights in Berlin[61]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Munich public prosecutor's office launches a criminal investigation based on the evidence presented by these NGOs: the aforementioned Bavarian companies have violated the foreign trade law on at least six points[62]<\/a> and have not only sold FinSpy to Turkey, but also to the governments of many other countries, including Bahrain, Egypt, Ethiopia, Libya, Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela[63]<\/a> \u2013 all countries which raise serious concerns about the democratic nature of the political system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The investigation revealed that these three companies were only originally one, Gamma International UK Ltd. Winchester, against whom an investigation opened in 2013 by the British judicial authorities was blocked[64]<\/a>, which would have put the company on the OECD blacklist at the end of 2016[65]<\/a> \u2013 a measure which prohibits anyone in the world from doing business with the group industrial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The British investigation was limited to the analysis of the sale of FinSpy to Bahrain, while the German investigation, accompanied by a large number of testimonies from victims of the terror of the Erdo\u011fan regime in Turkey and the abroad, goes much further and finds that FinSpy has been sold illegally in 36 countries[66]<\/a>, there are huge data centers in 11 countries[67]<\/a>, so it is now suspected that there are many more crimes hidden behind known facts[68]<\/a>. This is why the Munich prosecutor's office ordered a search of the premises of the Bavarian capital, but also of the Romanian branch of the Gamma International group, in October 2020[69]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is almost impossible to defend against FinSpy: the malware installs with fake updates disguised as official, via emails with fake attachments or through security holes in software \u2013 like Avira[70]<\/a> or iTunes from Apple \u2013 and then through the bogus platforms of the major search engines, Mac and Linux installations[71]<\/a>, email programs, social networks, websites for online shopping[72]<\/a>. Where Gamma International's malware fails, that of David Vincenzetti's[73]<\/a> hacking team[74]<\/a> is there. But this company is no longer there, Gamma has surpassed it, its founders are spread over many small companies[75]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who is behind the Chinese Boxen?<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In 2015, the Citizen Lab Institute in Toronto had identified 35 countries that illegally used the applications of the Gamma \/ FinFisher group<\/sub><\/strong>[76]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The investigation by the Munich prosecutor's office leaves a slightly bitter taste in the mouth: how is it possible that a complaint from four NGOs was necessary for investigation? It makes sense that the suspicion of hypocrisy arises, especially considering that the German Secret Service (BND) awarded Stephan Oelkers of Gamma International the Big Brother Awards in 2012, because Gamma was \"the world's best computer systems intrusion company. and installation of surveillance software<\/em> (...) Gamma offers its services on its website \u2013 although the development and distribution of this type of spyware is prohibited by German criminal law (Par. 282c StGB). However, this only applies to private customers, not sales to domestic authorities or the secret police of a foreign dictatorship. This is the reason why the Munich public prosecutor's office refused to initiate criminal proceedings against Gamma<\/em>\u201d[77]<\/a>. In short: everyone knew it all, but eight years ago the Munich prosecutor thought it was a trifle as long as this monstrous technology was being used by dictatorships to oppress their own people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To be precise, we know a lot about the illegal activities of this group since 1973 (when computers were toys and espionage involved infiltrating shady men into secret rooms using a document microfilming device. banned) of people scattered in the English countryside, in the port of Hamburg, in the Bavarian capital or in the slums of Cape Town. The story begins with a cable that the US Embassy in Bonn sent to federal authorities \u2013 a message reporting the suspicious activities of Hamburg-based Dutch electronics retailer Peter Kluever[78]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CIA decides to invest in this man, as does the German army. In 1981, his two companies PK Electronics and PKI Electronic Intelligence GmbH already had contracts with the US government. In 1983, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Abdullah Ibn Nasir IBn Abd al-Asis Al Sa'ud, visited Hamburg and the German generals showed him the effects of the use of Kluever technology on the efficiency and cadence of Leopard tanks fired \u2013 which the government of Moved Riyadh to acquire this technology[79]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1987, Oelkers flew to Beijing for a demonstration of its new chips and delighted the Chinese generals who have become part of its clientele[80]<\/a>. As part of the agreements signed with the United States, from 1985, Kluever sold very modern American spy technology (developed by the Ocean Applied Research Corporation in San Diego[81]<\/a> and distributed by the CompuDyne Corporation group in Pennsylvania[82]<\/a>) Muhammar Ghaddafi in Libya, Hafiz Al-Assad in Syria, Haji Mohammad Suharto in Indonesia \u2013 the three presidents use it to intercept phone calls and radio broadcasts from opponents, foreign armies and rebel groups[83]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As he grew older, Kluever sold his company (the PK Electronics Group in Hamburg) to two engineers, the German Stephan Oelkers and the Englishman William Louthean Nelson. The latter had started running the Beijing office in 1985 and had established his own company, Personal Protection Products Ltd. Hong Kong[84]<\/a> in 1992, which until 1994, through its subsidiary in Hull[85]<\/a>, sold listening devices used by the British secret services to fight the IRA in Ulster[86]<\/a>. When Kluever retires, PK Electronics will be passed on to William Nelson and his Louthean son John Alexander Nelson, the founders of the Gamma International Group[87]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The chart of the investments of the Gamma International Group as well as of associated persons and companies \u2013 \u00a9 IBI World Ltd. London<\/sub><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A new era is beginning in which the old wiretapping will soon be overcome and forgotten. The young Louthean begins to work with Niels J\u00f8rgen Tobiasen and his two companies: The CBRN Team Ltd. London[88]<\/a> and The Phoenix Hazard Training Ltd. Darlington[89]<\/a>. It is an industrial operation that arose out of a contract to supply chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapons to Uganda[90]<\/a> which was negotiated with a member of the government, Ananias Tumukunde, who had accepted a bribe of \u00a3 40,000[91]<\/a>. An operation that ended with the arrest of Tumukunde in Kampala and Tobiasen in London in July 2007[92]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During these years, Louthean Nelson also tried to facilitate a collaboration with the hacking team of David Vincenzetti: with one of the best hackers of the Milan group, Alberto Pelliccione, Nelson tried after a while to find a system. to hack Nokia devices \u2013 but Pelliccione changes his mind when he finds out Nelson has started delivering weapons to countries affected by international sanctions through a company that has now been liquidated, Cyan Engineering Services SAL Beirut[93]<\/a>. Something that Pelliccione wants nothing to do with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps even more surprising is the next business: Nelson founds Elaman and relocates some activities to Switzerland[94]<\/a> because he is once again doing business with his father's former partner, Stephan Oelkers. Oelkers convinced Nelson to move his operations center from Hamburg to Munich and to accept a new partner, Holger G\u00fcnther Rumscheidt. This should work with the Austrian secret service[95]<\/a> and attempt to take the Bad Aibling station back from the NSA (American Military Intelligence)[96]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is an imposing and extremely symbolic temptation: the Bad Aibling interception station was born in 1936 as a military airport and radar center of the Luftwaffe, and at the end of the war, the American army converted it into a camp transit for released prisoners of war and victims of National Socialist concentration camps. A very famous concentration camp that the writers G\u00fcnter Grass and Joseph Ratzinger (the future Pope Benedict XVI) passed through[97]<\/a>. From 1952 until the closure, requested by the European Union in 2001 and carried out in 2004 (officially, since the facility was still in operation in 2013[98]<\/a>), the NSA of Bad Aibling assembled its Echelon systems[99]<\/a> to intercept telephone communications of the entire planet[100]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The takeover of the NSA station would have been the dedication of Nelson and his employees to a company of global significance and almost unlimited power. Negotiations were not over when FinFisher started selling its FinSpy to Turkey and the world began to see the danger. After the research in Munich, Switzerland and Romania, Nelson began to liquidate all the companies as quickly as possible: some of them (Computplus Ltd., G2 Systems Ltd., Gamma 2000 Ltd., Gamma 2000 Waste Management Ltd., Gamma International (UK) Ltd.) were liquidated in early February 2021 at the time of writing[101]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is no turning back<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

April 14, 2007: Over a million peaceful citizens protest against the abolition of freedom and against a regime that has turned their homeland into a hell of oppression, violence and misery. An exciting scene of humanity that could hardly be repeated<\/sub><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, that does not change the substance of things. Today, February 2021, the government and its intelligence agencies in at least 40 countries around the world, the vast majority of which are ruled by dictatorships, have in their hands software that not only goes beyond doomsday scenarios. described by George Orwell, but also from \"Brazil\" by Terry Gilliam: Now, a regime no longer needs to discover that someone is preparing a plot to isolate, torture, condemn and exterminate them. The state can create evidence with the click of a computer, using software that in a thousandth of a second will doom each one of us and implicate each of our loved ones in our destruction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a society where the alienation of the individual from the common context has already reached worrying proportions, the software developed and sold by a small handful of criminals totally unknown to the public has enabled humanity to embark on a path of no return: one where there is nothing more true and verifiable in which each of us must doubt who is around us, and even (and even more) ourselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The weakness and superficiality with which Western governments (especially the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom) have allowed this software to be distributed across the planet for purely selfish calculations is unforgivable and the sign that 75 years after the end of WWII, 30 years after the end of the cold war, and the fear of nuclear conflict when nature rebels against the foolish way we are destroying it, people have crossed the line ultimate \u2013 those in which the enemy who kills does not come from outside, but from within \u2013 and is inexorable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/65-in-yuzbinleri-6335051<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/6554851.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/laik-turkiye-icin-caglayan-a-6426626<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/3-miting-3-mesaj-6462629<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/izmir-rekor-bekliyor-6495436<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/turkey-used-german-spy-software-on-opposition-politicians-and-activists\/a-43787769<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/atalayar.com\/en\/content\/turkish-spy-networks-control-opponents<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-39416954<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.birgun.net\/haber\/iddia-pelikancilar-hakan-fidan-gitsin-diyor-283382<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trthaber.com\/haber\/gundem\/iletisim-baskanligi-berat-albayrakin-gorevden-af-talebi-kabul-edilmistir-529559.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/europe\/russia-accuses-president-erdogan-s-son-law-being-linked-isis-oil-trade-a6761436.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2016\/09\/turkey-redhackers-daunt-the-erdogan-family.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/thepressproject.gr\/exclusive-wikileaks-documents-relations-erdogan-isis-oil-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.duvarenglish.com\/sport\/2020\/02\/10\/politics-in-stadiums-fenerbahce-fans-urge-minister-albayrak-to-keep-hands-off-football<\/a> ; https:\/\/odatv4.com\/fenerbahceliler-damata-karsi-ayaga-kalkti-02022031.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> Intelligence Online, \u201cHakan Fidan close to ministerial promotion<\/em>\u201d, see in 2020.11.18 Hakan Fidan Minister<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkey-launches-project-to-train-1-million-software-developers-154081<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> 2017.04.13 T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mill%C3%AE_%C4%B0stihbarat_Te%C5%9Fkil%C3%A2t%C4%B1#Leitung<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> Hakan Fidan on Nexis, pages 57-60<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/t24.com.tr\/haber\/adanada-3-tir-durduruldu-arama-yapiliyor,248707<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> 1000 colpi di mortaio, 1000 colpi di artiglieria, 50\u2019000 fucili d'assalto e 30\u2019000 munizioni per mitragliatrice \u2013 see in https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529223636\/http:\/\/www.aktifhaber.com\/devlet-sirri-denilen-mit-tirlari-ile-ilgili-tapeler-1053377h.htm#<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[18]<\/a> http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com.tr\/haber\/mit-tirlari-boyle-durduruldu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/bianet.org\/bianet\/insan-haklari\/155519-tir-lari-durdurmakla-suclanan-13-askere-muebbet-istendi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nadir.org\/nadir\/initiativ\/isku\/hintergrund\/geheimdienste\/geheim994.htm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/tuerkischer-geheimdienst-liess-erdogan-gegner-in-deutschland-ausspionieren\/12027820.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article157778863\/Erdogans-Agenten-bedrohen-Tuerken-in-Deutschland.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.derstandard.at\/story\/1397522175727\/geheimdienst-staat-tuerkei<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2020\/09\/turkey-austria-spy-nehammer-kurdish-clashes-protests-vienna.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/austria-turkey-espionage-int-idUSKBN25S4R5<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/10\/13\/world\/europe\/turkey-austria-erdogan-assassin.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/global-europe\/news\/flemish-minister-turkish-sponosred-mosque-is-nest-of-spies\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/07\/06\/influenced-by-gulenists-belgium-targets-turkish-mosques-fighting-extremism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/erdogan-critics-listed-by-turkish-embassy-in-prague-were-included-in-bogus-terrorism-probe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-kosovo-security-turkey-idUSKBN1H70CC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/opinion\/murat-yetkin\/turkish-intelligence-unveils-secret-codes-used-before-coup-attempt-103843<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2018\/09\/turkish-teachers-detained-moldova-gulen.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/balkaninsight.com\/2018\/09\/06\/six-turkish-professors-detained-by-moldovan-secret-services-09-06-2018\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/turkeypurge.com\/turkey-spying-imams-active-also-in-norway<\/a> ; https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/turkeys-autocratic-president-erdogans-spying-profiling-expands-in-norway\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/kafila.org\/www-matthewaid-com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[39]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-brings-key-feto-suspect-from-ukraine-to-turkey-134608<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-agency-brings-three-feto-members-from-gabon-to-turkey-130050<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/turkey\/turkish-intelligence-agency-rescues-a-kidnapped-italian-citizen-in-kenya-36192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20190807-libyan-national-army-turkish-intelligence-is-operating-in-tripoli\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/11\/27\/senior-feto-figure-captured-by-turkish-intelligence-in-sudan\/amp<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/07\/turkish-diplomats-have-extensively-spied-on-critics-in-the-united-states\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[52]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/cellmate-teacher-abducted-by-turkeys-mit-from-malaysia-subjected-to-torture-in-ankara\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligences-captures-feto-suspect-in-malaysia-146188<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[55]<\/a> https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turkish_involvement_in_the_Syrian_civil_war<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[58]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reporter-ohne-grenzen.de\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/freiheitsrechte.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[60]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[63]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 6-7, page 12<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[66]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/finfisher-malicious-spyware-disguised-mozilla-firefox-discovered-36-countries-1233177<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[67]<\/a> https:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/home\/security-news\/finfisher-command-and-control-hubs-turn-up-in-11-new-countries\/<\/a> ; 2013.04.01 SC Magazine on FinFisher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[68]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/german-prosecutors-investigate-spyware-maker-finfisher\/a-50293812<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[69]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/2020\/unsere-strafanzeige-razzia-bei-staatstrojaner-firma-finfisher-in-muenchen\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[70]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/intelligence_privacy\/avira-lantivirus-comprato-dai-servizi-segreti-del-golfo-persico\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/blogs.mediapart.fr\/paolo-fusi\/blog\/260920\/le-hacker-militaire-qui-achete-avira<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[71]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/research\/2020\/09\/german-made-finspy-spyware-found-in-egypt-and-mac-and-linux-versions-revealed\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[72]<\/a> https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/BL-DGB-23568<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/technology\/apple\/8912714\/Apple-iTunes-flaw-allowed-government-spying-for-3-years.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/krebsonsecurity.com\/2011\/11\/apple-took-3-years-to-fix-finfisher-trojan-hole\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2012-07-25\/cyber-attacks-on-activists-traced-to-finfisher-spyware-of-gamma<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[75]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/tecnologia\/2015\/07\/12\/news\/segreti-concorrenza-e-fobie-tutti-i-punti-deboli-di-hacking-team-1.35241096<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[76]<\/a> https:\/\/citizenlab.ca\/2015\/10\/mapping-finfishers-continuing-proliferation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[77]<\/a> https:\/\/bigbrotherawards.de\/en\/2012\/technology-gamma-international<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[78]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/pdf\/gammagrouploutheannelsonwapenhandelaarspursang.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/slideum.com\/doc\/9973831\/gehele-observant-%2369--januari-2017-politie-mercenaries<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[79]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[81]<\/a> U.S. Department of Commerce, Industry and Trade Administration, \u201cCommercial News USA<\/em>\u201d, U.S. Foreign Commercial Service, Washington DC, 1979, page 38<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[82]<\/a> https:\/\/www.referenceforbusiness.com\/history2\/1\/CompuDyne-Corporation.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[84]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/hk\/0475615<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[85]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/02088610<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[86]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[89]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/06591222<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[92]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nti.org\/gsn\/article\/danish-man-charged-with-wmd-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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April 14, 2007: In front of the mausoleum in memory of the father of the Homeland, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the Turkish people take to the streets to demand secularism, freedom, democracy, peace, progress and prosperity. Then, the people protests against the corrupt and incompetent regime of Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan which offers misery, corruption, religious fundamentalism, violent suppression of all freedoms and genocide against ethnic minorities. There are hundreds of thousands of people who peacefully demand a new Turkey and only get violence and persecution in reverse. According to the national press, the demonstrators were more than a million and a half people[1]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since then, the regime's strategy has been clear: to suppress any protest, criticism, bad mood, newspaper or blog, anyone who is able to organize a new crowd to show the world what Turkey is today. As Erdo\u011fan realized that there were no protest leaders, but rather widespread desperation, urging individuals to desperately cry out for help[2]<\/a> \u2013 possibly to a blind and opportunistic Western world \u2013 the strategy has been refined and a new individual persecution operation implemented. Something never seen before that overcomes the bureaucratic repression of the Nazis because it uses technology that Adolf Hitler and his hierarchies never had at their disposal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The operation consists of eavesdropping on all cell phones in Turkey, spying on their contacts, reading the message exchanges, inserting false data and conversations to identify disgruntled people and creating on their devices false evidence of their participation in a terrorist plot[3]<\/a>. An operation of cynicism and brutality, both physical and psychological, which goes far beyond the nightmares George Orwell recounted in his novels on the social apocalypse. As Erdo\u011fan realized that this would not be enough, the dictator widened the hearing and the falsification of communications abroad, in countries like Greece, Australia or Germany, where thousands of Turks who fled their homeland, live[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The nightmare of total electronic control<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hakan Fidan (left), Bayrat Albarak (center) and Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan (right), directors of the telematic terror unleashed by the Ankara government<\/sub><\/strong>[5]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The operation is led by Hakan Fidan, a close friend of Erdo\u011fan and head of the Turkish intelligence service (MIT \u2013 Mill\u00ee \u0130stihbarat Te\u015fkil\u00e2t\u0131): he is a sergeant who, after meeting the future dictator, followed his career as a leader security then gradually reached a framework of military espionage, to the point that in November 2020, following the resignation of Erdo\u011fan's son-in-law, Berat Albayrak[6]<\/a> (who financed ISIS as part of its cooperation with the Iraq[7]<\/a>, as well as his participation in the scandal of the manipulation of the results of the Turkish Football League got into trouble[8]<\/a>), he became the main candidate for the office of the new Minister of Finance[9]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Albayrak was not chosen for his skills in economics, but because he is the coordinator of a whole telematic control project, for which the regime, after having trained a million state hackers, will control all economic transactions of every business and every citizen[10]<\/a>: officially to prevent tax evasion. The fact that Hakan Fidan has been at the head of this new ministry since January 2021 makes everything clear and simple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Erdo\u011fan has since transformed the Prime Minister's office into a registered government agency[11]<\/a> that controls certain Turkish consulates abroad \u2013 such as Atlanta, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, Washington DC (USA), Burnaby (Canada) and Rabat (Morocco)[12]<\/a> \u2013 and of course MIT too[13]<\/a>. In each of these agencies, Hakan Fidan plays the role of executive director[14]<\/a>. Maybe because MIT is not only active in Turkey, but all over the world ...<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On January 19, 2014, the Turkish gendarmerie blocked two trucks bound for Syria that were full of weapons[15]<\/a> \u2013 weapons intended to aid the Caliphate Army (ISIS)[16]<\/a> carried by MIT agents[17]<\/a>. Erdo\u011fan initially claimed that it was humanitarian aid[18]<\/a>, but some journalists managed to film the truck and the lie was discovered. Result: the 13 gendarmes who stopped the trucks were sentenced to long prison terms[19]<\/a>; The investigating judges were dismissed from their functions and charged[20]<\/a>; journalists involved in recording or publishing the information were sentenced to five years in prison[21]<\/a>. Police have been given new orders: never stop MIT vehicles from going overseas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of MIT's tasks is to fight the Hizmet sect and its preacher Fethullah G\u00fclen (tapping phones and the internet, stalking, kidnapping, torturing, murdering[22]<\/a>) in Turkey and abroad[23]<\/a>. However, MIT's main task is to fight opponents outside the country. Around 500 MIT officials and over 6,000 informants are active in Germany \u2013 an even larger and more powerful structure than STASI during the GDR era[24]<\/a> \u2013 whose purpose is not only to observe and report Turkish citizens who emigrated to Europe, but also to intervene physically[25]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of MIT's goals is to intercept communications to create fictitious evidence against critics of the Ankara regime and to justify their kidnapping and torture[26]<\/a>. A strategy that MIT is also pursuing in several other countries of the world \u2013 for example in Austria[27]<\/a>, Belgium[28]<\/a>, Czech Republic[29]<\/a>, France[30]<\/a>, Greece[31]<\/a>, Kosovo[32]<\/a>, Lithuania[33]<\/a>, Moldova[34]<\/a>, Norway[35]<\/a>, Serbia[36]<\/a>, Sweden[37]<\/a>, Switzerland[38]<\/a>, Ukraine[39]<\/a>, United Kingdom[40]<\/a>, Australia[41]<\/a>, Egypt[42]<\/a>, Gabon[43]<\/a>, Kenya[44]<\/a>, Libya[45]<\/a>, Sudan[46]<\/a>, United States[47]<\/a>, Armenia[48]<\/a>, Azerbaijan[49]<\/a>, Georgia[50]<\/a>, Iraq[51]<\/a>, Malaysia[52]<\/a>, Mongolia[53]<\/a>, Pakistan[54]<\/a> and Syria, where the Turkish government fights with its own army and supports ISIS[55]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German technology for Erdo\u011fan's torturer<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How FinFisher GmbH's FishSpy app works in Munich \u2013 the beating heart of MIT's Turkish spy system<\/sub><\/strong>[56]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The complex system of monitoring, hacking, interception and tampering necessary to monitor millions of people is no toy. NGOs from all over Europe are researching who developed such technology and found it in Germany \u2013 it is called FinSpy and is produced by three companies of the Gamma International group: FinFisher GmbH Munich, FinFisher Labs GmbH Munich and Elaman GmbH Munich. Four organizations were able to prove it to the German courts[57]<\/a>: Reporters Without Borders in Berlin (active throughout Europe, mainly concerned with press freedom[58]<\/a>), GFF Gesellschaft f\u00fcr Freiheitsrechte in Berlin (very active in monitoring illegal activities of the BND and other German secret services[59]<\/a>), Netzpolitik.org in Berlin (an online newspaper[60]<\/a>) and the European Center for the Constitution and Human Rights in Berlin[61]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Munich public prosecutor's office launches a criminal investigation based on the evidence presented by these NGOs: the aforementioned Bavarian companies have violated the foreign trade law on at least six points[62]<\/a> and have not only sold FinSpy to Turkey, but also to the governments of many other countries, including Bahrain, Egypt, Ethiopia, Libya, Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela[63]<\/a> \u2013 all countries which raise serious concerns about the democratic nature of the political system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The investigation revealed that these three companies were only originally one, Gamma International UK Ltd. Winchester, against whom an investigation opened in 2013 by the British judicial authorities was blocked[64]<\/a>, which would have put the company on the OECD blacklist at the end of 2016[65]<\/a> \u2013 a measure which prohibits anyone in the world from doing business with the group industrial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The British investigation was limited to the analysis of the sale of FinSpy to Bahrain, while the German investigation, accompanied by a large number of testimonies from victims of the terror of the Erdo\u011fan regime in Turkey and the abroad, goes much further and finds that FinSpy has been sold illegally in 36 countries[66]<\/a>, there are huge data centers in 11 countries[67]<\/a>, so it is now suspected that there are many more crimes hidden behind known facts[68]<\/a>. This is why the Munich prosecutor's office ordered a search of the premises of the Bavarian capital, but also of the Romanian branch of the Gamma International group, in October 2020[69]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is almost impossible to defend against FinSpy: the malware installs with fake updates disguised as official, via emails with fake attachments or through security holes in software \u2013 like Avira[70]<\/a> or iTunes from Apple \u2013 and then through the bogus platforms of the major search engines, Mac and Linux installations[71]<\/a>, email programs, social networks, websites for online shopping[72]<\/a>. Where Gamma International's malware fails, that of David Vincenzetti's[73]<\/a> hacking team[74]<\/a> is there. But this company is no longer there, Gamma has surpassed it, its founders are spread over many small companies[75]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who is behind the Chinese Boxen?<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In 2015, the Citizen Lab Institute in Toronto had identified 35 countries that illegally used the applications of the Gamma \/ FinFisher group<\/sub><\/strong>[76]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The investigation by the Munich prosecutor's office leaves a slightly bitter taste in the mouth: how is it possible that a complaint from four NGOs was necessary for investigation? It makes sense that the suspicion of hypocrisy arises, especially considering that the German Secret Service (BND) awarded Stephan Oelkers of Gamma International the Big Brother Awards in 2012, because Gamma was \"the world's best computer systems intrusion company. and installation of surveillance software<\/em> (...) Gamma offers its services on its website \u2013 although the development and distribution of this type of spyware is prohibited by German criminal law (Par. 282c StGB). However, this only applies to private customers, not sales to domestic authorities or the secret police of a foreign dictatorship. This is the reason why the Munich public prosecutor's office refused to initiate criminal proceedings against Gamma<\/em>\u201d[77]<\/a>. In short: everyone knew it all, but eight years ago the Munich prosecutor thought it was a trifle as long as this monstrous technology was being used by dictatorships to oppress their own people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To be precise, we know a lot about the illegal activities of this group since 1973 (when computers were toys and espionage involved infiltrating shady men into secret rooms using a document microfilming device. banned) of people scattered in the English countryside, in the port of Hamburg, in the Bavarian capital or in the slums of Cape Town. The story begins with a cable that the US Embassy in Bonn sent to federal authorities \u2013 a message reporting the suspicious activities of Hamburg-based Dutch electronics retailer Peter Kluever[78]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CIA decides to invest in this man, as does the German army. In 1981, his two companies PK Electronics and PKI Electronic Intelligence GmbH already had contracts with the US government. In 1983, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Abdullah Ibn Nasir IBn Abd al-Asis Al Sa'ud, visited Hamburg and the German generals showed him the effects of the use of Kluever technology on the efficiency and cadence of Leopard tanks fired \u2013 which the government of Moved Riyadh to acquire this technology[79]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1987, Oelkers flew to Beijing for a demonstration of its new chips and delighted the Chinese generals who have become part of its clientele[80]<\/a>. As part of the agreements signed with the United States, from 1985, Kluever sold very modern American spy technology (developed by the Ocean Applied Research Corporation in San Diego[81]<\/a> and distributed by the CompuDyne Corporation group in Pennsylvania[82]<\/a>) Muhammar Ghaddafi in Libya, Hafiz Al-Assad in Syria, Haji Mohammad Suharto in Indonesia \u2013 the three presidents use it to intercept phone calls and radio broadcasts from opponents, foreign armies and rebel groups[83]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As he grew older, Kluever sold his company (the PK Electronics Group in Hamburg) to two engineers, the German Stephan Oelkers and the Englishman William Louthean Nelson. The latter had started running the Beijing office in 1985 and had established his own company, Personal Protection Products Ltd. Hong Kong[84]<\/a> in 1992, which until 1994, through its subsidiary in Hull[85]<\/a>, sold listening devices used by the British secret services to fight the IRA in Ulster[86]<\/a>. When Kluever retires, PK Electronics will be passed on to William Nelson and his Louthean son John Alexander Nelson, the founders of the Gamma International Group[87]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The chart of the investments of the Gamma International Group as well as of associated persons and companies \u2013 \u00a9 IBI World Ltd. London<\/sub><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A new era is beginning in which the old wiretapping will soon be overcome and forgotten. The young Louthean begins to work with Niels J\u00f8rgen Tobiasen and his two companies: The CBRN Team Ltd. London[88]<\/a> and The Phoenix Hazard Training Ltd. Darlington[89]<\/a>. It is an industrial operation that arose out of a contract to supply chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapons to Uganda[90]<\/a> which was negotiated with a member of the government, Ananias Tumukunde, who had accepted a bribe of \u00a3 40,000[91]<\/a>. An operation that ended with the arrest of Tumukunde in Kampala and Tobiasen in London in July 2007[92]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During these years, Louthean Nelson also tried to facilitate a collaboration with the hacking team of David Vincenzetti: with one of the best hackers of the Milan group, Alberto Pelliccione, Nelson tried after a while to find a system. to hack Nokia devices \u2013 but Pelliccione changes his mind when he finds out Nelson has started delivering weapons to countries affected by international sanctions through a company that has now been liquidated, Cyan Engineering Services SAL Beirut[93]<\/a>. Something that Pelliccione wants nothing to do with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps even more surprising is the next business: Nelson founds Elaman and relocates some activities to Switzerland[94]<\/a> because he is once again doing business with his father's former partner, Stephan Oelkers. Oelkers convinced Nelson to move his operations center from Hamburg to Munich and to accept a new partner, Holger G\u00fcnther Rumscheidt. This should work with the Austrian secret service[95]<\/a> and attempt to take the Bad Aibling station back from the NSA (American Military Intelligence)[96]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is an imposing and extremely symbolic temptation: the Bad Aibling interception station was born in 1936 as a military airport and radar center of the Luftwaffe, and at the end of the war, the American army converted it into a camp transit for released prisoners of war and victims of National Socialist concentration camps. A very famous concentration camp that the writers G\u00fcnter Grass and Joseph Ratzinger (the future Pope Benedict XVI) passed through[97]<\/a>. From 1952 until the closure, requested by the European Union in 2001 and carried out in 2004 (officially, since the facility was still in operation in 2013[98]<\/a>), the NSA of Bad Aibling assembled its Echelon systems[99]<\/a> to intercept telephone communications of the entire planet[100]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The takeover of the NSA station would have been the dedication of Nelson and his employees to a company of global significance and almost unlimited power. Negotiations were not over when FinFisher started selling its FinSpy to Turkey and the world began to see the danger. After the research in Munich, Switzerland and Romania, Nelson began to liquidate all the companies as quickly as possible: some of them (Computplus Ltd., G2 Systems Ltd., Gamma 2000 Ltd., Gamma 2000 Waste Management Ltd., Gamma International (UK) Ltd.) were liquidated in early February 2021 at the time of writing[101]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is no turning back<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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April 14, 2007: Over a million peaceful citizens protest against the abolition of freedom and against a regime that has turned their homeland into a hell of oppression, violence and misery. An exciting scene of humanity that could hardly be repeated<\/sub><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, that does not change the substance of things. Today, February 2021, the government and its intelligence agencies in at least 40 countries around the world, the vast majority of which are ruled by dictatorships, have in their hands software that not only goes beyond doomsday scenarios. described by George Orwell, but also from \"Brazil\" by Terry Gilliam: Now, a regime no longer needs to discover that someone is preparing a plot to isolate, torture, condemn and exterminate them. The state can create evidence with the click of a computer, using software that in a thousandth of a second will doom each one of us and implicate each of our loved ones in our destruction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a society where the alienation of the individual from the common context has already reached worrying proportions, the software developed and sold by a small handful of criminals totally unknown to the public has enabled humanity to embark on a path of no return: one where there is nothing more true and verifiable in which each of us must doubt who is around us, and even (and even more) ourselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The weakness and superficiality with which Western governments (especially the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom) have allowed this software to be distributed across the planet for purely selfish calculations is unforgivable and the sign that 75 years after the end of WWII, 30 years after the end of the cold war, and the fear of nuclear conflict when nature rebels against the foolish way we are destroying it, people have crossed the line ultimate \u2013 those in which the enemy who kills does not come from outside, but from within \u2013 and is inexorable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/65-in-yuzbinleri-6335051<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/6554851.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/laik-turkiye-icin-caglayan-a-6426626<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/3-miting-3-mesaj-6462629<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/izmir-rekor-bekliyor-6495436<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/turkey-used-german-spy-software-on-opposition-politicians-and-activists\/a-43787769<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.birgun.net\/haber\/iddia-pelikancilar-hakan-fidan-gitsin-diyor-283382<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trthaber.com\/haber\/gundem\/iletisim-baskanligi-berat-albayrakin-gorevden-af-talebi-kabul-edilmistir-529559.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/europe\/russia-accuses-president-erdogan-s-son-law-being-linked-isis-oil-trade-a6761436.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2016\/09\/turkey-redhackers-daunt-the-erdogan-family.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/thepressproject.gr\/exclusive-wikileaks-documents-relations-erdogan-isis-oil-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.duvarenglish.com\/sport\/2020\/02\/10\/politics-in-stadiums-fenerbahce-fans-urge-minister-albayrak-to-keep-hands-off-football<\/a> ; https:\/\/odatv4.com\/fenerbahceliler-damata-karsi-ayaga-kalkti-02022031.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> Intelligence Online, \u201cHakan Fidan close to ministerial promotion<\/em>\u201d, see in 2020.11.18 Hakan Fidan Minister<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkey-launches-project-to-train-1-million-software-developers-154081<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> 2017.04.13 T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mill%C3%AE_%C4%B0stihbarat_Te%C5%9Fkil%C3%A2t%C4%B1#Leitung<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> Hakan Fidan on Nexis, pages 57-60<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/t24.com.tr\/haber\/adanada-3-tir-durduruldu-arama-yapiliyor,248707<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> 1000 colpi di mortaio, 1000 colpi di artiglieria, 50\u2019000 fucili d'assalto e 30\u2019000 munizioni per mitragliatrice \u2013 see in https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529223636\/http:\/\/www.aktifhaber.com\/devlet-sirri-denilen-mit-tirlari-ile-ilgili-tapeler-1053377h.htm#<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[18]<\/a> http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com.tr\/haber\/mit-tirlari-boyle-durduruldu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/bianet.org\/bianet\/insan-haklari\/155519-tir-lari-durdurmakla-suclanan-13-askere-muebbet-istendi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[21]<\/a> http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/erdogandan-canli-yayinda-can-dundara-tehdit-288885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.genios.de\/presse-archiv\/artikel\/FAZ\/20171111\/jagd-auf-die-guelenisten\/FR1201711115279571.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nadir.org\/nadir\/initiativ\/isku\/hintergrund\/geheimdienste\/geheim994.htm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/tuerkischer-geheimdienst-liess-erdogan-gegner-in-deutschland-ausspionieren\/12027820.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article157778863\/Erdogans-Agenten-bedrohen-Tuerken-in-Deutschland.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.derstandard.at\/story\/1397522175727\/geheimdienst-staat-tuerkei<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2020\/09\/turkey-austria-spy-nehammer-kurdish-clashes-protests-vienna.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/austria-turkey-espionage-int-idUSKBN25S4R5<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/10\/13\/world\/europe\/turkey-austria-erdogan-assassin.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/global-europe\/news\/flemish-minister-turkish-sponosred-mosque-is-nest-of-spies\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/07\/06\/influenced-by-gulenists-belgium-targets-turkish-mosques-fighting-extremism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/erdogan-critics-listed-by-turkish-embassy-in-prague-were-included-in-bogus-terrorism-probe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-kosovo-security-turkey-idUSKBN1H70CC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/opinion\/murat-yetkin\/turkish-intelligence-unveils-secret-codes-used-before-coup-attempt-103843<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2018\/09\/turkish-teachers-detained-moldova-gulen.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/balkaninsight.com\/2018\/09\/06\/six-turkish-professors-detained-by-moldovan-secret-services-09-06-2018\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/turkeypurge.com\/turkey-spying-imams-active-also-in-norway<\/a> ; https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/turkeys-autocratic-president-erdogans-spying-profiling-expands-in-norway\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[39]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-brings-key-feto-suspect-from-ukraine-to-turkey-134608<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-agency-brings-three-feto-members-from-gabon-to-turkey-130050<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/turkey\/turkish-intelligence-agency-rescues-a-kidnapped-italian-citizen-in-kenya-36192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20190807-libyan-national-army-turkish-intelligence-is-operating-in-tripoli\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/11\/27\/senior-feto-figure-captured-by-turkish-intelligence-in-sudan\/amp<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/07\/turkish-diplomats-have-extensively-spied-on-critics-in-the-united-states\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/1101683.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[50]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/06\/turkish-diplomats-spy-on-erdogan-critics-in-georgia-secret-document-reveals\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[52]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/cellmate-teacher-abducted-by-turkeys-mit-from-malaysia-subjected-to-torture-in-ankara\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligences-captures-feto-suspect-in-malaysia-146188<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-mongolia-kidnapping-turkey-idUSKBN1KI03N<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/pakistan\/pakistan-admits-they-secretly-deported-turkish-family-wanted-by-erdogan-govt-4895423\/lite\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turkish_involvement_in_the_Syrian_civil_war<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/securityaffairs.co\/wordpress\/41169\/breaking-news\/finfisher-spyware-new-customers.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[58]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reporter-ohne-grenzen.de\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/freiheitsrechte.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[60]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[61]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecchr.eu\/en\/about-us\/?L=2<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[62]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 4-5<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[63]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 6-7, page 12<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[65]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/privacy-international-complaint-to-uk-ncp-about-gamma-international-uk-ltd<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[66]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/finfisher-malicious-spyware-disguised-mozilla-firefox-discovered-36-countries-1233177<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[67]<\/a> https:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/home\/security-news\/finfisher-command-and-control-hubs-turn-up-in-11-new-countries\/<\/a> ; 2013.04.01 SC Magazine on FinFisher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[68]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/german-prosecutors-investigate-spyware-maker-finfisher\/a-50293812<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[69]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/2020\/unsere-strafanzeige-razzia-bei-staatstrojaner-firma-finfisher-in-muenchen\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[70]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/intelligence_privacy\/avira-lantivirus-comprato-dai-servizi-segreti-del-golfo-persico\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/blogs.mediapart.fr\/paolo-fusi\/blog\/260920\/le-hacker-militaire-qui-achete-avira<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[71]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/research\/2020\/09\/german-made-finspy-spyware-found-in-egypt-and-mac-and-linux-versions-revealed\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[75]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/tecnologia\/2015\/07\/12\/news\/segreti-concorrenza-e-fobie-tutti-i-punti-deboli-di-hacking-team-1.35241096<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[76]<\/a> https:\/\/citizenlab.ca\/2015\/10\/mapping-finfishers-continuing-proliferation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[77]<\/a> https:\/\/bigbrotherawards.de\/en\/2012\/technology-gamma-international<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[78]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/pdf\/gammagrouploutheannelsonwapenhandelaarspursang.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/slideum.com\/doc\/9973831\/gehele-observant-%2369--januari-2017-politie-mercenaries<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[79]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[81]<\/a> U.S. Department of Commerce, Industry and Trade Administration, \u201cCommercial News USA<\/em>\u201d, U.S. Foreign Commercial Service, Washington DC, 1979, page 38<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[82]<\/a> https:\/\/www.referenceforbusiness.com\/history2\/1\/CompuDyne-Corporation.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[84]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/hk\/0475615<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[85]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/02088610<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[92]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nti.org\/gsn\/article\/danish-man-charged-with-wmd-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[94]<\/a> Elaman AG Malans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PKJ4vvSiSgE&feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 14, 2007: In front of the mausoleum in memory of the father of the Homeland, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the Turkish people take to the streets to demand secularism, freedom, democracy, peace, progress and prosperity. Then, the people protests against the corrupt and incompetent regime of Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan which offers misery, corruption, religious fundamentalism, violent suppression of all freedoms and genocide against ethnic minorities. There are hundreds of thousands of people who peacefully demand a new Turkey and only get violence and persecution in reverse. According to the national press, the demonstrators were more than a million and a half people[1]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since then, the regime's strategy has been clear: to suppress any protest, criticism, bad mood, newspaper or blog, anyone who is able to organize a new crowd to show the world what Turkey is today. As Erdo\u011fan realized that there were no protest leaders, but rather widespread desperation, urging individuals to desperately cry out for help[2]<\/a> \u2013 possibly to a blind and opportunistic Western world \u2013 the strategy has been refined and a new individual persecution operation implemented. Something never seen before that overcomes the bureaucratic repression of the Nazis because it uses technology that Adolf Hitler and his hierarchies never had at their disposal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The operation consists of eavesdropping on all cell phones in Turkey, spying on their contacts, reading the message exchanges, inserting false data and conversations to identify disgruntled people and creating on their devices false evidence of their participation in a terrorist plot[3]<\/a>. An operation of cynicism and brutality, both physical and psychological, which goes far beyond the nightmares George Orwell recounted in his novels on the social apocalypse. As Erdo\u011fan realized that this would not be enough, the dictator widened the hearing and the falsification of communications abroad, in countries like Greece, Australia or Germany, where thousands of Turks who fled their homeland, live[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The nightmare of total electronic control<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hakan Fidan (left), Bayrat Albarak (center) and Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan (right), directors of the telematic terror unleashed by the Ankara government<\/sub><\/strong>[5]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The operation is led by Hakan Fidan, a close friend of Erdo\u011fan and head of the Turkish intelligence service (MIT \u2013 Mill\u00ee \u0130stihbarat Te\u015fkil\u00e2t\u0131): he is a sergeant who, after meeting the future dictator, followed his career as a leader security then gradually reached a framework of military espionage, to the point that in November 2020, following the resignation of Erdo\u011fan's son-in-law, Berat Albayrak[6]<\/a> (who financed ISIS as part of its cooperation with the Iraq[7]<\/a>, as well as his participation in the scandal of the manipulation of the results of the Turkish Football League got into trouble[8]<\/a>), he became the main candidate for the office of the new Minister of Finance[9]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Albayrak was not chosen for his skills in economics, but because he is the coordinator of a whole telematic control project, for which the regime, after having trained a million state hackers, will control all economic transactions of every business and every citizen[10]<\/a>: officially to prevent tax evasion. The fact that Hakan Fidan has been at the head of this new ministry since January 2021 makes everything clear and simple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Erdo\u011fan has since transformed the Prime Minister's office into a registered government agency[11]<\/a> that controls certain Turkish consulates abroad \u2013 such as Atlanta, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, Washington DC (USA), Burnaby (Canada) and Rabat (Morocco)[12]<\/a> \u2013 and of course MIT too[13]<\/a>. In each of these agencies, Hakan Fidan plays the role of executive director[14]<\/a>. Maybe because MIT is not only active in Turkey, but all over the world ...<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On January 19, 2014, the Turkish gendarmerie blocked two trucks bound for Syria that were full of weapons[15]<\/a> \u2013 weapons intended to aid the Caliphate Army (ISIS)[16]<\/a> carried by MIT agents[17]<\/a>. Erdo\u011fan initially claimed that it was humanitarian aid[18]<\/a>, but some journalists managed to film the truck and the lie was discovered. Result: the 13 gendarmes who stopped the trucks were sentenced to long prison terms[19]<\/a>; The investigating judges were dismissed from their functions and charged[20]<\/a>; journalists involved in recording or publishing the information were sentenced to five years in prison[21]<\/a>. Police have been given new orders: never stop MIT vehicles from going overseas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of MIT's tasks is to fight the Hizmet sect and its preacher Fethullah G\u00fclen (tapping phones and the internet, stalking, kidnapping, torturing, murdering[22]<\/a>) in Turkey and abroad[23]<\/a>. However, MIT's main task is to fight opponents outside the country. Around 500 MIT officials and over 6,000 informants are active in Germany \u2013 an even larger and more powerful structure than STASI during the GDR era[24]<\/a> \u2013 whose purpose is not only to observe and report Turkish citizens who emigrated to Europe, but also to intervene physically[25]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of MIT's goals is to intercept communications to create fictitious evidence against critics of the Ankara regime and to justify their kidnapping and torture[26]<\/a>. A strategy that MIT is also pursuing in several other countries of the world \u2013 for example in Austria[27]<\/a>, Belgium[28]<\/a>, Czech Republic[29]<\/a>, France[30]<\/a>, Greece[31]<\/a>, Kosovo[32]<\/a>, Lithuania[33]<\/a>, Moldova[34]<\/a>, Norway[35]<\/a>, Serbia[36]<\/a>, Sweden[37]<\/a>, Switzerland[38]<\/a>, Ukraine[39]<\/a>, United Kingdom[40]<\/a>, Australia[41]<\/a>, Egypt[42]<\/a>, Gabon[43]<\/a>, Kenya[44]<\/a>, Libya[45]<\/a>, Sudan[46]<\/a>, United States[47]<\/a>, Armenia[48]<\/a>, Azerbaijan[49]<\/a>, Georgia[50]<\/a>, Iraq[51]<\/a>, Malaysia[52]<\/a>, Mongolia[53]<\/a>, Pakistan[54]<\/a> and Syria, where the Turkish government fights with its own army and supports ISIS[55]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German technology for Erdo\u011fan's torturer<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How FinFisher GmbH's FishSpy app works in Munich \u2013 the beating heart of MIT's Turkish spy system<\/sub><\/strong>[56]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The complex system of monitoring, hacking, interception and tampering necessary to monitor millions of people is no toy. NGOs from all over Europe are researching who developed such technology and found it in Germany \u2013 it is called FinSpy and is produced by three companies of the Gamma International group: FinFisher GmbH Munich, FinFisher Labs GmbH Munich and Elaman GmbH Munich. Four organizations were able to prove it to the German courts[57]<\/a>: Reporters Without Borders in Berlin (active throughout Europe, mainly concerned with press freedom[58]<\/a>), GFF Gesellschaft f\u00fcr Freiheitsrechte in Berlin (very active in monitoring illegal activities of the BND and other German secret services[59]<\/a>), Netzpolitik.org in Berlin (an online newspaper[60]<\/a>) and the European Center for the Constitution and Human Rights in Berlin[61]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Munich public prosecutor's office launches a criminal investigation based on the evidence presented by these NGOs: the aforementioned Bavarian companies have violated the foreign trade law on at least six points[62]<\/a> and have not only sold FinSpy to Turkey, but also to the governments of many other countries, including Bahrain, Egypt, Ethiopia, Libya, Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela[63]<\/a> \u2013 all countries which raise serious concerns about the democratic nature of the political system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The investigation revealed that these three companies were only originally one, Gamma International UK Ltd. Winchester, against whom an investigation opened in 2013 by the British judicial authorities was blocked[64]<\/a>, which would have put the company on the OECD blacklist at the end of 2016[65]<\/a> \u2013 a measure which prohibits anyone in the world from doing business with the group industrial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The British investigation was limited to the analysis of the sale of FinSpy to Bahrain, while the German investigation, accompanied by a large number of testimonies from victims of the terror of the Erdo\u011fan regime in Turkey and the abroad, goes much further and finds that FinSpy has been sold illegally in 36 countries[66]<\/a>, there are huge data centers in 11 countries[67]<\/a>, so it is now suspected that there are many more crimes hidden behind known facts[68]<\/a>. This is why the Munich prosecutor's office ordered a search of the premises of the Bavarian capital, but also of the Romanian branch of the Gamma International group, in October 2020[69]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is almost impossible to defend against FinSpy: the malware installs with fake updates disguised as official, via emails with fake attachments or through security holes in software \u2013 like Avira[70]<\/a> or iTunes from Apple \u2013 and then through the bogus platforms of the major search engines, Mac and Linux installations[71]<\/a>, email programs, social networks, websites for online shopping[72]<\/a>. Where Gamma International's malware fails, that of David Vincenzetti's[73]<\/a> hacking team[74]<\/a> is there. But this company is no longer there, Gamma has surpassed it, its founders are spread over many small companies[75]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who is behind the Chinese Boxen?<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In 2015, the Citizen Lab Institute in Toronto had identified 35 countries that illegally used the applications of the Gamma \/ FinFisher group<\/sub><\/strong>[76]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The investigation by the Munich prosecutor's office leaves a slightly bitter taste in the mouth: how is it possible that a complaint from four NGOs was necessary for investigation? It makes sense that the suspicion of hypocrisy arises, especially considering that the German Secret Service (BND) awarded Stephan Oelkers of Gamma International the Big Brother Awards in 2012, because Gamma was \"the world's best computer systems intrusion company. and installation of surveillance software<\/em> (...) Gamma offers its services on its website \u2013 although the development and distribution of this type of spyware is prohibited by German criminal law (Par. 282c StGB). However, this only applies to private customers, not sales to domestic authorities or the secret police of a foreign dictatorship. This is the reason why the Munich public prosecutor's office refused to initiate criminal proceedings against Gamma<\/em>\u201d[77]<\/a>. In short: everyone knew it all, but eight years ago the Munich prosecutor thought it was a trifle as long as this monstrous technology was being used by dictatorships to oppress their own people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To be precise, we know a lot about the illegal activities of this group since 1973 (when computers were toys and espionage involved infiltrating shady men into secret rooms using a document microfilming device. banned) of people scattered in the English countryside, in the port of Hamburg, in the Bavarian capital or in the slums of Cape Town. The story begins with a cable that the US Embassy in Bonn sent to federal authorities \u2013 a message reporting the suspicious activities of Hamburg-based Dutch electronics retailer Peter Kluever[78]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CIA decides to invest in this man, as does the German army. In 1981, his two companies PK Electronics and PKI Electronic Intelligence GmbH already had contracts with the US government. In 1983, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Abdullah Ibn Nasir IBn Abd al-Asis Al Sa'ud, visited Hamburg and the German generals showed him the effects of the use of Kluever technology on the efficiency and cadence of Leopard tanks fired \u2013 which the government of Moved Riyadh to acquire this technology[79]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1987, Oelkers flew to Beijing for a demonstration of its new chips and delighted the Chinese generals who have become part of its clientele[80]<\/a>. As part of the agreements signed with the United States, from 1985, Kluever sold very modern American spy technology (developed by the Ocean Applied Research Corporation in San Diego[81]<\/a> and distributed by the CompuDyne Corporation group in Pennsylvania[82]<\/a>) Muhammar Ghaddafi in Libya, Hafiz Al-Assad in Syria, Haji Mohammad Suharto in Indonesia \u2013 the three presidents use it to intercept phone calls and radio broadcasts from opponents, foreign armies and rebel groups[83]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As he grew older, Kluever sold his company (the PK Electronics Group in Hamburg) to two engineers, the German Stephan Oelkers and the Englishman William Louthean Nelson. The latter had started running the Beijing office in 1985 and had established his own company, Personal Protection Products Ltd. Hong Kong[84]<\/a> in 1992, which until 1994, through its subsidiary in Hull[85]<\/a>, sold listening devices used by the British secret services to fight the IRA in Ulster[86]<\/a>. When Kluever retires, PK Electronics will be passed on to William Nelson and his Louthean son John Alexander Nelson, the founders of the Gamma International Group[87]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The chart of the investments of the Gamma International Group as well as of associated persons and companies \u2013 \u00a9 IBI World Ltd. London<\/sub><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A new era is beginning in which the old wiretapping will soon be overcome and forgotten. The young Louthean begins to work with Niels J\u00f8rgen Tobiasen and his two companies: The CBRN Team Ltd. London[88]<\/a> and The Phoenix Hazard Training Ltd. Darlington[89]<\/a>. It is an industrial operation that arose out of a contract to supply chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapons to Uganda[90]<\/a> which was negotiated with a member of the government, Ananias Tumukunde, who had accepted a bribe of \u00a3 40,000[91]<\/a>. An operation that ended with the arrest of Tumukunde in Kampala and Tobiasen in London in July 2007[92]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During these years, Louthean Nelson also tried to facilitate a collaboration with the hacking team of David Vincenzetti: with one of the best hackers of the Milan group, Alberto Pelliccione, Nelson tried after a while to find a system. to hack Nokia devices \u2013 but Pelliccione changes his mind when he finds out Nelson has started delivering weapons to countries affected by international sanctions through a company that has now been liquidated, Cyan Engineering Services SAL Beirut[93]<\/a>. Something that Pelliccione wants nothing to do with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps even more surprising is the next business: Nelson founds Elaman and relocates some activities to Switzerland[94]<\/a> because he is once again doing business with his father's former partner, Stephan Oelkers. Oelkers convinced Nelson to move his operations center from Hamburg to Munich and to accept a new partner, Holger G\u00fcnther Rumscheidt. This should work with the Austrian secret service[95]<\/a> and attempt to take the Bad Aibling station back from the NSA (American Military Intelligence)[96]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is an imposing and extremely symbolic temptation: the Bad Aibling interception station was born in 1936 as a military airport and radar center of the Luftwaffe, and at the end of the war, the American army converted it into a camp transit for released prisoners of war and victims of National Socialist concentration camps. A very famous concentration camp that the writers G\u00fcnter Grass and Joseph Ratzinger (the future Pope Benedict XVI) passed through[97]<\/a>. From 1952 until the closure, requested by the European Union in 2001 and carried out in 2004 (officially, since the facility was still in operation in 2013[98]<\/a>), the NSA of Bad Aibling assembled its Echelon systems[99]<\/a> to intercept telephone communications of the entire planet[100]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The takeover of the NSA station would have been the dedication of Nelson and his employees to a company of global significance and almost unlimited power. Negotiations were not over when FinFisher started selling its FinSpy to Turkey and the world began to see the danger. After the research in Munich, Switzerland and Romania, Nelson began to liquidate all the companies as quickly as possible: some of them (Computplus Ltd., G2 Systems Ltd., Gamma 2000 Ltd., Gamma 2000 Waste Management Ltd., Gamma International (UK) Ltd.) were liquidated in early February 2021 at the time of writing[101]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is no turning back<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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April 14, 2007: Over a million peaceful citizens protest against the abolition of freedom and against a regime that has turned their homeland into a hell of oppression, violence and misery. An exciting scene of humanity that could hardly be repeated<\/sub><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, that does not change the substance of things. Today, February 2021, the government and its intelligence agencies in at least 40 countries around the world, the vast majority of which are ruled by dictatorships, have in their hands software that not only goes beyond doomsday scenarios. described by George Orwell, but also from \"Brazil\" by Terry Gilliam: Now, a regime no longer needs to discover that someone is preparing a plot to isolate, torture, condemn and exterminate them. The state can create evidence with the click of a computer, using software that in a thousandth of a second will doom each one of us and implicate each of our loved ones in our destruction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a society where the alienation of the individual from the common context has already reached worrying proportions, the software developed and sold by a small handful of criminals totally unknown to the public has enabled humanity to embark on a path of no return: one where there is nothing more true and verifiable in which each of us must doubt who is around us, and even (and even more) ourselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The weakness and superficiality with which Western governments (especially the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom) have allowed this software to be distributed across the planet for purely selfish calculations is unforgivable and the sign that 75 years after the end of WWII, 30 years after the end of the cold war, and the fear of nuclear conflict when nature rebels against the foolish way we are destroying it, people have crossed the line ultimate \u2013 those in which the enemy who kills does not come from outside, but from within \u2013 and is inexorable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/65-in-yuzbinleri-6335051<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/6554851.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/laik-turkiye-icin-caglayan-a-6426626<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/3-miting-3-mesaj-6462629<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/izmir-rekor-bekliyor-6495436<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/turkey-used-german-spy-software-on-opposition-politicians-and-activists\/a-43787769<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/atalayar.com\/en\/content\/turkish-spy-networks-control-opponents<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-39416954<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.birgun.net\/haber\/iddia-pelikancilar-hakan-fidan-gitsin-diyor-283382<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trthaber.com\/haber\/gundem\/iletisim-baskanligi-berat-albayrakin-gorevden-af-talebi-kabul-edilmistir-529559.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/europe\/russia-accuses-president-erdogan-s-son-law-being-linked-isis-oil-trade-a6761436.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2016\/09\/turkey-redhackers-daunt-the-erdogan-family.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/thepressproject.gr\/exclusive-wikileaks-documents-relations-erdogan-isis-oil-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.duvarenglish.com\/sport\/2020\/02\/10\/politics-in-stadiums-fenerbahce-fans-urge-minister-albayrak-to-keep-hands-off-football<\/a> ; https:\/\/odatv4.com\/fenerbahceliler-damata-karsi-ayaga-kalkti-02022031.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> Intelligence Online, \u201cHakan Fidan close to ministerial promotion<\/em>\u201d, see in 2020.11.18 Hakan Fidan Minister<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkey-launches-project-to-train-1-million-software-developers-154081<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> 2017.04.13 T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mill%C3%AE_%C4%B0stihbarat_Te%C5%9Fkil%C3%A2t%C4%B1#Leitung<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> Hakan Fidan on Nexis, pages 57-60<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/t24.com.tr\/haber\/adanada-3-tir-durduruldu-arama-yapiliyor,248707<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> 1000 colpi di mortaio, 1000 colpi di artiglieria, 50\u2019000 fucili d'assalto e 30\u2019000 munizioni per mitragliatrice \u2013 see in https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529223636\/http:\/\/www.aktifhaber.com\/devlet-sirri-denilen-mit-tirlari-ile-ilgili-tapeler-1053377h.htm#<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.haber7.com\/guncel\/haber\/1121773-mit-tirlari-neden-durduruldu<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com.tr\/haber\/mit-tirlari-boyle-durduruldu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/bianet.org\/bianet\/insan-haklari\/155519-tir-lari-durdurmakla-suclanan-13-askere-muebbet-istendi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.milliyet.com.tr\/gundem\/mit-tirlari-olayinda-yeni-gelisme-5-savci-gorevden-uzaklastirildi-1999064<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/erdogandan-canli-yayinda-can-dundara-tehdit-288885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/www.faz.net\/aktuell\/politik\/ausland\/europa\/tuerkei\/tuerkei-kampf-gegen-die-soldaten-des-lichts-12715816.html?printPagedArticle=true#pageIndex_3<\/a> ; https:\/\/taz.de\/Wie-Guelen-zum-Staatsfeind-Nr-1-wurde\/!5323191\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.sabah.com.tr\/gundem\/2021\/02\/03\/son-dakika-istihbarattaki-fetocu-generalden-bomba-itiraflar-tegmen-rutbemi-fetullah-gulen-takti<\/a> ; https:\/\/tr.sputniknews.com\/turkiye\/202001211041211454-sozcu-ilker-basbugu-cezaevine-attiran-feto-mektubunu-acikliyoruz\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.genios.de\/presse-archiv\/artikel\/FAZ\/20171111\/jagd-auf-die-guelenisten\/FR1201711115279571.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nadir.org\/nadir\/initiativ\/isku\/hintergrund\/geheimdienste\/geheim994.htm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/tuerkischer-geheimdienst-liess-erdogan-gegner-in-deutschland-ausspionieren\/12027820.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article157778863\/Erdogans-Agenten-bedrohen-Tuerken-in-Deutschland.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.derstandard.at\/story\/1397522175727\/geheimdienst-staat-tuerkei<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2020\/09\/turkey-austria-spy-nehammer-kurdish-clashes-protests-vienna.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/austria-turkey-espionage-int-idUSKBN25S4R5<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/10\/13\/world\/europe\/turkey-austria-erdogan-assassin.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/global-europe\/news\/flemish-minister-turkish-sponosred-mosque-is-nest-of-spies\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/07\/06\/influenced-by-gulenists-belgium-targets-turkish-mosques-fighting-extremism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/erdogan-critics-listed-by-turkish-embassy-in-prague-were-included-in-bogus-terrorism-probe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turk-greek-ties-strained-by-arson-row-10324<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-greece-germany-spying\/greek-police-arrest-german-on-suspicion-of-spying-idUSBRE97208820130803<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kathimerini.gr\/society\/896001\/istories-me-kataskopoys-sto-aigaio\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.larissanet.gr\/2019\/06\/21\/dikazetai-sti-rodo-kataskopos-tis-tourkias\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/ahvalnews.com\/mit\/turkish-intelligence-recruits-eu-retirees-spy-greece<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/04\/turkish-intelligence-operations-targeting-critics-in-greece-exposed-in-secret-documents\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/intelnews.org\/2016\/12\/09\/01-2023\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/more-secret-documents-confirming-vast-turkish-espionage-activities-in-greece-uncovered\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.skai.gr\/news\/greece\/dyo-syllipseis-ellinon-gia-kataskopeia-sti-rodo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-kosovo-security-turkey-idUSKBN1H70CC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/opinion\/murat-yetkin\/turkish-intelligence-unveils-secret-codes-used-before-coup-attempt-103843<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2018\/09\/turkish-teachers-detained-moldova-gulen.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/balkaninsight.com\/2018\/09\/06\/six-turkish-professors-detained-by-moldovan-secret-services-09-06-2018\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/turkeypurge.com\/turkey-spying-imams-active-also-in-norway<\/a> ; https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/turkeys-autocratic-president-erdogans-spying-profiling-expands-in-norway\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/kafila.org\/www-matthewaid-com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/report-sweden-launches-espionage-probe-into-turkish-govt-representatives\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/politics\/undiplomatic_swiss-eye-alleged-turkish-kidnapping-attempt\/43973170<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/swiss-foreign-minister-warns-turkey-against-illegal-spying-111199<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/eu-affairs\/2017\/05\/01\/as-anti-turkish-politics-grip-europe-turkish-swiss-policeman-arrested<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-brings-key-feto-suspect-from-ukraine-to-turkey-134608<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.meforum.org\/60976\/turkish-spy-agency-mit-intelligence-gathering-australia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-egypt-court\/egypt-detains-29-people-on-suspicion-of-espionage-for-turkey-idUSKBN1DM1AN<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.egypttoday.com\/Article\/1\/33764\/In-Pictures-Egypt-foils-Turkish-espionage-attempt<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-agency-brings-three-feto-members-from-gabon-to-turkey-130050<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/turkey\/turkish-intelligence-agency-rescues-a-kidnapped-italian-citizen-in-kenya-36192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20190807-libyan-national-army-turkish-intelligence-is-operating-in-tripoli\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/11\/27\/senior-feto-figure-captured-by-turkish-intelligence-in-sudan\/amp<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/07\/turkish-diplomats-have-extensively-spied-on-critics-in-the-united-states\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/1101683.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intel-returns-wanted-feto-from-azerbaijan-140108<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/06\/turkish-diplomats-spy-on-erdogan-critics-in-georgia-secret-document-reveals\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[52]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/cellmate-teacher-abducted-by-turkeys-mit-from-malaysia-subjected-to-torture-in-ankara\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligences-captures-feto-suspect-in-malaysia-146188<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-mongolia-kidnapping-turkey-idUSKBN1KI03N<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[58]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reporter-ohne-grenzen.de\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[63]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 6-7, page 12<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[66]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/finfisher-malicious-spyware-disguised-mozilla-firefox-discovered-36-countries-1233177<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[67]<\/a> https:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/home\/security-news\/finfisher-command-and-control-hubs-turn-up-in-11-new-countries\/<\/a> ; 2013.04.01 SC Magazine on FinFisher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[68]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/german-prosecutors-investigate-spyware-maker-finfisher\/a-50293812<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[69]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/2020\/unsere-strafanzeige-razzia-bei-staatstrojaner-firma-finfisher-in-muenchen\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[70]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/intelligence_privacy\/avira-lantivirus-comprato-dai-servizi-segreti-del-golfo-persico\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/blogs.mediapart.fr\/paolo-fusi\/blog\/260920\/le-hacker-militaire-qui-achete-avira<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[71]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/research\/2020\/09\/german-made-finspy-spyware-found-in-egypt-and-mac-and-linux-versions-revealed\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[75]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/tecnologia\/2015\/07\/12\/news\/segreti-concorrenza-e-fobie-tutti-i-punti-deboli-di-hacking-team-1.35241096<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[76]<\/a> https:\/\/citizenlab.ca\/2015\/10\/mapping-finfishers-continuing-proliferation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[77]<\/a> https:\/\/bigbrotherawards.de\/en\/2012\/technology-gamma-international<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[78]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/pdf\/gammagrouploutheannelsonwapenhandelaarspursang.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/slideum.com\/doc\/9973831\/gehele-observant-%2369--januari-2017-politie-mercenaries<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[79]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[81]<\/a> U.S. Department of Commerce, Industry and Trade Administration, \u201cCommercial News USA<\/em>\u201d, U.S. Foreign Commercial Service, Washington DC, 1979, page 38<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[82]<\/a> https:\/\/www.referenceforbusiness.com\/history2\/1\/CompuDyne-Corporation.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[84]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/hk\/0475615<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[85]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/02088610<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[86]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[87]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/01958854<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[92]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nti.org\/gsn\/article\/danish-man-charged-with-wmd-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[94]<\/a> Elaman AG Malans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 14, 2007: In front of the mausoleum in memory of the father of the Homeland, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the Turkish people take to the streets to demand secularism, freedom, democracy, peace, progress and prosperity. Then, the people protests against the corrupt and incompetent regime of Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan which offers misery, corruption, religious fundamentalism, violent suppression of all freedoms and genocide against ethnic minorities. There are hundreds of thousands of people who peacefully demand a new Turkey and only get violence and persecution in reverse. According to the national press, the demonstrators were more than a million and a half people[1]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since then, the regime's strategy has been clear: to suppress any protest, criticism, bad mood, newspaper or blog, anyone who is able to organize a new crowd to show the world what Turkey is today. As Erdo\u011fan realized that there were no protest leaders, but rather widespread desperation, urging individuals to desperately cry out for help[2]<\/a> \u2013 possibly to a blind and opportunistic Western world \u2013 the strategy has been refined and a new individual persecution operation implemented. Something never seen before that overcomes the bureaucratic repression of the Nazis because it uses technology that Adolf Hitler and his hierarchies never had at their disposal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The operation consists of eavesdropping on all cell phones in Turkey, spying on their contacts, reading the message exchanges, inserting false data and conversations to identify disgruntled people and creating on their devices false evidence of their participation in a terrorist plot[3]<\/a>. An operation of cynicism and brutality, both physical and psychological, which goes far beyond the nightmares George Orwell recounted in his novels on the social apocalypse. As Erdo\u011fan realized that this would not be enough, the dictator widened the hearing and the falsification of communications abroad, in countries like Greece, Australia or Germany, where thousands of Turks who fled their homeland, live[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The nightmare of total electronic control<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hakan Fidan (left), Bayrat Albarak (center) and Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan (right), directors of the telematic terror unleashed by the Ankara government<\/sub><\/strong>[5]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The operation is led by Hakan Fidan, a close friend of Erdo\u011fan and head of the Turkish intelligence service (MIT \u2013 Mill\u00ee \u0130stihbarat Te\u015fkil\u00e2t\u0131): he is a sergeant who, after meeting the future dictator, followed his career as a leader security then gradually reached a framework of military espionage, to the point that in November 2020, following the resignation of Erdo\u011fan's son-in-law, Berat Albayrak[6]<\/a> (who financed ISIS as part of its cooperation with the Iraq[7]<\/a>, as well as his participation in the scandal of the manipulation of the results of the Turkish Football League got into trouble[8]<\/a>), he became the main candidate for the office of the new Minister of Finance[9]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Albayrak was not chosen for his skills in economics, but because he is the coordinator of a whole telematic control project, for which the regime, after having trained a million state hackers, will control all economic transactions of every business and every citizen[10]<\/a>: officially to prevent tax evasion. The fact that Hakan Fidan has been at the head of this new ministry since January 2021 makes everything clear and simple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Erdo\u011fan has since transformed the Prime Minister's office into a registered government agency[11]<\/a> that controls certain Turkish consulates abroad \u2013 such as Atlanta, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, Washington DC (USA), Burnaby (Canada) and Rabat (Morocco)[12]<\/a> \u2013 and of course MIT too[13]<\/a>. In each of these agencies, Hakan Fidan plays the role of executive director[14]<\/a>. Maybe because MIT is not only active in Turkey, but all over the world ...<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On January 19, 2014, the Turkish gendarmerie blocked two trucks bound for Syria that were full of weapons[15]<\/a> \u2013 weapons intended to aid the Caliphate Army (ISIS)[16]<\/a> carried by MIT agents[17]<\/a>. Erdo\u011fan initially claimed that it was humanitarian aid[18]<\/a>, but some journalists managed to film the truck and the lie was discovered. Result: the 13 gendarmes who stopped the trucks were sentenced to long prison terms[19]<\/a>; The investigating judges were dismissed from their functions and charged[20]<\/a>; journalists involved in recording or publishing the information were sentenced to five years in prison[21]<\/a>. Police have been given new orders: never stop MIT vehicles from going overseas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of MIT's tasks is to fight the Hizmet sect and its preacher Fethullah G\u00fclen (tapping phones and the internet, stalking, kidnapping, torturing, murdering[22]<\/a>) in Turkey and abroad[23]<\/a>. However, MIT's main task is to fight opponents outside the country. Around 500 MIT officials and over 6,000 informants are active in Germany \u2013 an even larger and more powerful structure than STASI during the GDR era[24]<\/a> \u2013 whose purpose is not only to observe and report Turkish citizens who emigrated to Europe, but also to intervene physically[25]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of MIT's goals is to intercept communications to create fictitious evidence against critics of the Ankara regime and to justify their kidnapping and torture[26]<\/a>. A strategy that MIT is also pursuing in several other countries of the world \u2013 for example in Austria[27]<\/a>, Belgium[28]<\/a>, Czech Republic[29]<\/a>, France[30]<\/a>, Greece[31]<\/a>, Kosovo[32]<\/a>, Lithuania[33]<\/a>, Moldova[34]<\/a>, Norway[35]<\/a>, Serbia[36]<\/a>, Sweden[37]<\/a>, Switzerland[38]<\/a>, Ukraine[39]<\/a>, United Kingdom[40]<\/a>, Australia[41]<\/a>, Egypt[42]<\/a>, Gabon[43]<\/a>, Kenya[44]<\/a>, Libya[45]<\/a>, Sudan[46]<\/a>, United States[47]<\/a>, Armenia[48]<\/a>, Azerbaijan[49]<\/a>, Georgia[50]<\/a>, Iraq[51]<\/a>, Malaysia[52]<\/a>, Mongolia[53]<\/a>, Pakistan[54]<\/a> and Syria, where the Turkish government fights with its own army and supports ISIS[55]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German technology for Erdo\u011fan's torturer<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How FinFisher GmbH's FishSpy app works in Munich \u2013 the beating heart of MIT's Turkish spy system<\/sub><\/strong>[56]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The complex system of monitoring, hacking, interception and tampering necessary to monitor millions of people is no toy. NGOs from all over Europe are researching who developed such technology and found it in Germany \u2013 it is called FinSpy and is produced by three companies of the Gamma International group: FinFisher GmbH Munich, FinFisher Labs GmbH Munich and Elaman GmbH Munich. Four organizations were able to prove it to the German courts[57]<\/a>: Reporters Without Borders in Berlin (active throughout Europe, mainly concerned with press freedom[58]<\/a>), GFF Gesellschaft f\u00fcr Freiheitsrechte in Berlin (very active in monitoring illegal activities of the BND and other German secret services[59]<\/a>), Netzpolitik.org in Berlin (an online newspaper[60]<\/a>) and the European Center for the Constitution and Human Rights in Berlin[61]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Munich public prosecutor's office launches a criminal investigation based on the evidence presented by these NGOs: the aforementioned Bavarian companies have violated the foreign trade law on at least six points[62]<\/a> and have not only sold FinSpy to Turkey, but also to the governments of many other countries, including Bahrain, Egypt, Ethiopia, Libya, Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela[63]<\/a> \u2013 all countries which raise serious concerns about the democratic nature of the political system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The investigation revealed that these three companies were only originally one, Gamma International UK Ltd. Winchester, against whom an investigation opened in 2013 by the British judicial authorities was blocked[64]<\/a>, which would have put the company on the OECD blacklist at the end of 2016[65]<\/a> \u2013 a measure which prohibits anyone in the world from doing business with the group industrial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The British investigation was limited to the analysis of the sale of FinSpy to Bahrain, while the German investigation, accompanied by a large number of testimonies from victims of the terror of the Erdo\u011fan regime in Turkey and the abroad, goes much further and finds that FinSpy has been sold illegally in 36 countries[66]<\/a>, there are huge data centers in 11 countries[67]<\/a>, so it is now suspected that there are many more crimes hidden behind known facts[68]<\/a>. This is why the Munich prosecutor's office ordered a search of the premises of the Bavarian capital, but also of the Romanian branch of the Gamma International group, in October 2020[69]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is almost impossible to defend against FinSpy: the malware installs with fake updates disguised as official, via emails with fake attachments or through security holes in software \u2013 like Avira[70]<\/a> or iTunes from Apple \u2013 and then through the bogus platforms of the major search engines, Mac and Linux installations[71]<\/a>, email programs, social networks, websites for online shopping[72]<\/a>. Where Gamma International's malware fails, that of David Vincenzetti's[73]<\/a> hacking team[74]<\/a> is there. But this company is no longer there, Gamma has surpassed it, its founders are spread over many small companies[75]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who is behind the Chinese Boxen?<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In 2015, the Citizen Lab Institute in Toronto had identified 35 countries that illegally used the applications of the Gamma \/ FinFisher group<\/sub><\/strong>[76]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The investigation by the Munich prosecutor's office leaves a slightly bitter taste in the mouth: how is it possible that a complaint from four NGOs was necessary for investigation? It makes sense that the suspicion of hypocrisy arises, especially considering that the German Secret Service (BND) awarded Stephan Oelkers of Gamma International the Big Brother Awards in 2012, because Gamma was \"the world's best computer systems intrusion company. and installation of surveillance software<\/em> (...) Gamma offers its services on its website \u2013 although the development and distribution of this type of spyware is prohibited by German criminal law (Par. 282c StGB). However, this only applies to private customers, not sales to domestic authorities or the secret police of a foreign dictatorship. This is the reason why the Munich public prosecutor's office refused to initiate criminal proceedings against Gamma<\/em>\u201d[77]<\/a>. In short: everyone knew it all, but eight years ago the Munich prosecutor thought it was a trifle as long as this monstrous technology was being used by dictatorships to oppress their own people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To be precise, we know a lot about the illegal activities of this group since 1973 (when computers were toys and espionage involved infiltrating shady men into secret rooms using a document microfilming device. banned) of people scattered in the English countryside, in the port of Hamburg, in the Bavarian capital or in the slums of Cape Town. The story begins with a cable that the US Embassy in Bonn sent to federal authorities \u2013 a message reporting the suspicious activities of Hamburg-based Dutch electronics retailer Peter Kluever[78]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CIA decides to invest in this man, as does the German army. In 1981, his two companies PK Electronics and PKI Electronic Intelligence GmbH already had contracts with the US government. In 1983, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Abdullah Ibn Nasir IBn Abd al-Asis Al Sa'ud, visited Hamburg and the German generals showed him the effects of the use of Kluever technology on the efficiency and cadence of Leopard tanks fired \u2013 which the government of Moved Riyadh to acquire this technology[79]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1987, Oelkers flew to Beijing for a demonstration of its new chips and delighted the Chinese generals who have become part of its clientele[80]<\/a>. As part of the agreements signed with the United States, from 1985, Kluever sold very modern American spy technology (developed by the Ocean Applied Research Corporation in San Diego[81]<\/a> and distributed by the CompuDyne Corporation group in Pennsylvania[82]<\/a>) Muhammar Ghaddafi in Libya, Hafiz Al-Assad in Syria, Haji Mohammad Suharto in Indonesia \u2013 the three presidents use it to intercept phone calls and radio broadcasts from opponents, foreign armies and rebel groups[83]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As he grew older, Kluever sold his company (the PK Electronics Group in Hamburg) to two engineers, the German Stephan Oelkers and the Englishman William Louthean Nelson. The latter had started running the Beijing office in 1985 and had established his own company, Personal Protection Products Ltd. Hong Kong[84]<\/a> in 1992, which until 1994, through its subsidiary in Hull[85]<\/a>, sold listening devices used by the British secret services to fight the IRA in Ulster[86]<\/a>. When Kluever retires, PK Electronics will be passed on to William Nelson and his Louthean son John Alexander Nelson, the founders of the Gamma International Group[87]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The chart of the investments of the Gamma International Group as well as of associated persons and companies \u2013 \u00a9 IBI World Ltd. London<\/sub><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A new era is beginning in which the old wiretapping will soon be overcome and forgotten. The young Louthean begins to work with Niels J\u00f8rgen Tobiasen and his two companies: The CBRN Team Ltd. London[88]<\/a> and The Phoenix Hazard Training Ltd. Darlington[89]<\/a>. It is an industrial operation that arose out of a contract to supply chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapons to Uganda[90]<\/a> which was negotiated with a member of the government, Ananias Tumukunde, who had accepted a bribe of \u00a3 40,000[91]<\/a>. An operation that ended with the arrest of Tumukunde in Kampala and Tobiasen in London in July 2007[92]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During these years, Louthean Nelson also tried to facilitate a collaboration with the hacking team of David Vincenzetti: with one of the best hackers of the Milan group, Alberto Pelliccione, Nelson tried after a while to find a system. to hack Nokia devices \u2013 but Pelliccione changes his mind when he finds out Nelson has started delivering weapons to countries affected by international sanctions through a company that has now been liquidated, Cyan Engineering Services SAL Beirut[93]<\/a>. Something that Pelliccione wants nothing to do with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps even more surprising is the next business: Nelson founds Elaman and relocates some activities to Switzerland[94]<\/a> because he is once again doing business with his father's former partner, Stephan Oelkers. Oelkers convinced Nelson to move his operations center from Hamburg to Munich and to accept a new partner, Holger G\u00fcnther Rumscheidt. This should work with the Austrian secret service[95]<\/a> and attempt to take the Bad Aibling station back from the NSA (American Military Intelligence)[96]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is an imposing and extremely symbolic temptation: the Bad Aibling interception station was born in 1936 as a military airport and radar center of the Luftwaffe, and at the end of the war, the American army converted it into a camp transit for released prisoners of war and victims of National Socialist concentration camps. A very famous concentration camp that the writers G\u00fcnter Grass and Joseph Ratzinger (the future Pope Benedict XVI) passed through[97]<\/a>. From 1952 until the closure, requested by the European Union in 2001 and carried out in 2004 (officially, since the facility was still in operation in 2013[98]<\/a>), the NSA of Bad Aibling assembled its Echelon systems[99]<\/a> to intercept telephone communications of the entire planet[100]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The takeover of the NSA station would have been the dedication of Nelson and his employees to a company of global significance and almost unlimited power. Negotiations were not over when FinFisher started selling its FinSpy to Turkey and the world began to see the danger. After the research in Munich, Switzerland and Romania, Nelson began to liquidate all the companies as quickly as possible: some of them (Computplus Ltd., G2 Systems Ltd., Gamma 2000 Ltd., Gamma 2000 Waste Management Ltd., Gamma International (UK) Ltd.) were liquidated in early February 2021 at the time of writing[101]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is no turning back<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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April 14, 2007: Over a million peaceful citizens protest against the abolition of freedom and against a regime that has turned their homeland into a hell of oppression, violence and misery. An exciting scene of humanity that could hardly be repeated<\/sub><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, that does not change the substance of things. Today, February 2021, the government and its intelligence agencies in at least 40 countries around the world, the vast majority of which are ruled by dictatorships, have in their hands software that not only goes beyond doomsday scenarios. described by George Orwell, but also from \"Brazil\" by Terry Gilliam: Now, a regime no longer needs to discover that someone is preparing a plot to isolate, torture, condemn and exterminate them. The state can create evidence with the click of a computer, using software that in a thousandth of a second will doom each one of us and implicate each of our loved ones in our destruction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a society where the alienation of the individual from the common context has already reached worrying proportions, the software developed and sold by a small handful of criminals totally unknown to the public has enabled humanity to embark on a path of no return: one where there is nothing more true and verifiable in which each of us must doubt who is around us, and even (and even more) ourselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The weakness and superficiality with which Western governments (especially the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom) have allowed this software to be distributed across the planet for purely selfish calculations is unforgivable and the sign that 75 years after the end of WWII, 30 years after the end of the cold war, and the fear of nuclear conflict when nature rebels against the foolish way we are destroying it, people have crossed the line ultimate \u2013 those in which the enemy who kills does not come from outside, but from within \u2013 and is inexorable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/65-in-yuzbinleri-6335051<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/6554851.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/laik-turkiye-icin-caglayan-a-6426626<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/3-miting-3-mesaj-6462629<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/izmir-rekor-bekliyor-6495436<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/turkey-used-german-spy-software-on-opposition-politicians-and-activists\/a-43787769<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/atalayar.com\/en\/content\/turkish-spy-networks-control-opponents<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-39416954<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.birgun.net\/haber\/iddia-pelikancilar-hakan-fidan-gitsin-diyor-283382<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trthaber.com\/haber\/gundem\/iletisim-baskanligi-berat-albayrakin-gorevden-af-talebi-kabul-edilmistir-529559.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/europe\/russia-accuses-president-erdogan-s-son-law-being-linked-isis-oil-trade-a6761436.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2016\/09\/turkey-redhackers-daunt-the-erdogan-family.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/thepressproject.gr\/exclusive-wikileaks-documents-relations-erdogan-isis-oil-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.duvarenglish.com\/sport\/2020\/02\/10\/politics-in-stadiums-fenerbahce-fans-urge-minister-albayrak-to-keep-hands-off-football<\/a> ; https:\/\/odatv4.com\/fenerbahceliler-damata-karsi-ayaga-kalkti-02022031.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> Intelligence Online, \u201cHakan Fidan close to ministerial promotion<\/em>\u201d, see in 2020.11.18 Hakan Fidan Minister<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkey-launches-project-to-train-1-million-software-developers-154081<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> 2017.04.13 T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mill%C3%AE_%C4%B0stihbarat_Te%C5%9Fkil%C3%A2t%C4%B1#Leitung<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> Hakan Fidan on Nexis, pages 57-60<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/t24.com.tr\/haber\/adanada-3-tir-durduruldu-arama-yapiliyor,248707<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> 1000 colpi di mortaio, 1000 colpi di artiglieria, 50\u2019000 fucili d'assalto e 30\u2019000 munizioni per mitragliatrice \u2013 see in https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529223636\/http:\/\/www.aktifhaber.com\/devlet-sirri-denilen-mit-tirlari-ile-ilgili-tapeler-1053377h.htm#<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.haber7.com\/guncel\/haber\/1121773-mit-tirlari-neden-durduruldu<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com.tr\/haber\/mit-tirlari-boyle-durduruldu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/bianet.org\/bianet\/insan-haklari\/155519-tir-lari-durdurmakla-suclanan-13-askere-muebbet-istendi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.milliyet.com.tr\/gundem\/mit-tirlari-olayinda-yeni-gelisme-5-savci-gorevden-uzaklastirildi-1999064<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/erdogandan-canli-yayinda-can-dundara-tehdit-288885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/www.faz.net\/aktuell\/politik\/ausland\/europa\/tuerkei\/tuerkei-kampf-gegen-die-soldaten-des-lichts-12715816.html?printPagedArticle=true#pageIndex_3<\/a> ; https:\/\/taz.de\/Wie-Guelen-zum-Staatsfeind-Nr-1-wurde\/!5323191\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.sabah.com.tr\/gundem\/2021\/02\/03\/son-dakika-istihbarattaki-fetocu-generalden-bomba-itiraflar-tegmen-rutbemi-fetullah-gulen-takti<\/a> ; https:\/\/tr.sputniknews.com\/turkiye\/202001211041211454-sozcu-ilker-basbugu-cezaevine-attiran-feto-mektubunu-acikliyoruz\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.genios.de\/presse-archiv\/artikel\/FAZ\/20171111\/jagd-auf-die-guelenisten\/FR1201711115279571.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nadir.org\/nadir\/initiativ\/isku\/hintergrund\/geheimdienste\/geheim994.htm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/tuerkischer-geheimdienst-liess-erdogan-gegner-in-deutschland-ausspionieren\/12027820.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article157778863\/Erdogans-Agenten-bedrohen-Tuerken-in-Deutschland.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.derstandard.at\/story\/1397522175727\/geheimdienst-staat-tuerkei<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2020\/09\/turkey-austria-spy-nehammer-kurdish-clashes-protests-vienna.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/austria-turkey-espionage-int-idUSKBN25S4R5<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/10\/13\/world\/europe\/turkey-austria-erdogan-assassin.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/global-europe\/news\/flemish-minister-turkish-sponosred-mosque-is-nest-of-spies\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/07\/06\/influenced-by-gulenists-belgium-targets-turkish-mosques-fighting-extremism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/erdogan-critics-listed-by-turkish-embassy-in-prague-were-included-in-bogus-terrorism-probe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turk-greek-ties-strained-by-arson-row-10324<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-greece-germany-spying\/greek-police-arrest-german-on-suspicion-of-spying-idUSBRE97208820130803<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kathimerini.gr\/society\/896001\/istories-me-kataskopoys-sto-aigaio\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.larissanet.gr\/2019\/06\/21\/dikazetai-sti-rodo-kataskopos-tis-tourkias\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/ahvalnews.com\/mit\/turkish-intelligence-recruits-eu-retirees-spy-greece<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/04\/turkish-intelligence-operations-targeting-critics-in-greece-exposed-in-secret-documents\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/intelnews.org\/2016\/12\/09\/01-2023\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/more-secret-documents-confirming-vast-turkish-espionage-activities-in-greece-uncovered\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.skai.gr\/news\/greece\/dyo-syllipseis-ellinon-gia-kataskopeia-sti-rodo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-kosovo-security-turkey-idUSKBN1H70CC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[69]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/2020\/unsere-strafanzeige-razzia-bei-staatstrojaner-firma-finfisher-in-muenchen\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 14, 2007: In front of the mausoleum in memory of the father of the Homeland, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the Turkish people take to the streets to demand secularism, freedom, democracy, peace, progress and prosperity. Then, the people protests against the corrupt and incompetent regime of Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan which offers misery, corruption, religious fundamentalism, violent suppression of all freedoms and genocide against ethnic minorities. There are hundreds of thousands of people who peacefully demand a new Turkey and only get violence and persecution in reverse. According to the national press, the demonstrators were more than a million and a half people[1]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since then, the regime's strategy has been clear: to suppress any protest, criticism, bad mood, newspaper or blog, anyone who is able to organize a new crowd to show the world what Turkey is today. As Erdo\u011fan realized that there were no protest leaders, but rather widespread desperation, urging individuals to desperately cry out for help[2]<\/a> \u2013 possibly to a blind and opportunistic Western world \u2013 the strategy has been refined and a new individual persecution operation implemented. Something never seen before that overcomes the bureaucratic repression of the Nazis because it uses technology that Adolf Hitler and his hierarchies never had at their disposal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The operation consists of eavesdropping on all cell phones in Turkey, spying on their contacts, reading the message exchanges, inserting false data and conversations to identify disgruntled people and creating on their devices false evidence of their participation in a terrorist plot[3]<\/a>. An operation of cynicism and brutality, both physical and psychological, which goes far beyond the nightmares George Orwell recounted in his novels on the social apocalypse. As Erdo\u011fan realized that this would not be enough, the dictator widened the hearing and the falsification of communications abroad, in countries like Greece, Australia or Germany, where thousands of Turks who fled their homeland, live[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The nightmare of total electronic control<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hakan Fidan (left), Bayrat Albarak (center) and Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan (right), directors of the telematic terror unleashed by the Ankara government<\/sub><\/strong>[5]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The operation is led by Hakan Fidan, a close friend of Erdo\u011fan and head of the Turkish intelligence service (MIT \u2013 Mill\u00ee \u0130stihbarat Te\u015fkil\u00e2t\u0131): he is a sergeant who, after meeting the future dictator, followed his career as a leader security then gradually reached a framework of military espionage, to the point that in November 2020, following the resignation of Erdo\u011fan's son-in-law, Berat Albayrak[6]<\/a> (who financed ISIS as part of its cooperation with the Iraq[7]<\/a>, as well as his participation in the scandal of the manipulation of the results of the Turkish Football League got into trouble[8]<\/a>), he became the main candidate for the office of the new Minister of Finance[9]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Albayrak was not chosen for his skills in economics, but because he is the coordinator of a whole telematic control project, for which the regime, after having trained a million state hackers, will control all economic transactions of every business and every citizen[10]<\/a>: officially to prevent tax evasion. The fact that Hakan Fidan has been at the head of this new ministry since January 2021 makes everything clear and simple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Erdo\u011fan has since transformed the Prime Minister's office into a registered government agency[11]<\/a> that controls certain Turkish consulates abroad \u2013 such as Atlanta, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, Washington DC (USA), Burnaby (Canada) and Rabat (Morocco)[12]<\/a> \u2013 and of course MIT too[13]<\/a>. In each of these agencies, Hakan Fidan plays the role of executive director[14]<\/a>. Maybe because MIT is not only active in Turkey, but all over the world ...<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On January 19, 2014, the Turkish gendarmerie blocked two trucks bound for Syria that were full of weapons[15]<\/a> \u2013 weapons intended to aid the Caliphate Army (ISIS)[16]<\/a> carried by MIT agents[17]<\/a>. Erdo\u011fan initially claimed that it was humanitarian aid[18]<\/a>, but some journalists managed to film the truck and the lie was discovered. Result: the 13 gendarmes who stopped the trucks were sentenced to long prison terms[19]<\/a>; The investigating judges were dismissed from their functions and charged[20]<\/a>; journalists involved in recording or publishing the information were sentenced to five years in prison[21]<\/a>. Police have been given new orders: never stop MIT vehicles from going overseas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of MIT's tasks is to fight the Hizmet sect and its preacher Fethullah G\u00fclen (tapping phones and the internet, stalking, kidnapping, torturing, murdering[22]<\/a>) in Turkey and abroad[23]<\/a>. However, MIT's main task is to fight opponents outside the country. Around 500 MIT officials and over 6,000 informants are active in Germany \u2013 an even larger and more powerful structure than STASI during the GDR era[24]<\/a> \u2013 whose purpose is not only to observe and report Turkish citizens who emigrated to Europe, but also to intervene physically[25]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of MIT's goals is to intercept communications to create fictitious evidence against critics of the Ankara regime and to justify their kidnapping and torture[26]<\/a>. A strategy that MIT is also pursuing in several other countries of the world \u2013 for example in Austria[27]<\/a>, Belgium[28]<\/a>, Czech Republic[29]<\/a>, France[30]<\/a>, Greece[31]<\/a>, Kosovo[32]<\/a>, Lithuania[33]<\/a>, Moldova[34]<\/a>, Norway[35]<\/a>, Serbia[36]<\/a>, Sweden[37]<\/a>, Switzerland[38]<\/a>, Ukraine[39]<\/a>, United Kingdom[40]<\/a>, Australia[41]<\/a>, Egypt[42]<\/a>, Gabon[43]<\/a>, Kenya[44]<\/a>, Libya[45]<\/a>, Sudan[46]<\/a>, United States[47]<\/a>, Armenia[48]<\/a>, Azerbaijan[49]<\/a>, Georgia[50]<\/a>, Iraq[51]<\/a>, Malaysia[52]<\/a>, Mongolia[53]<\/a>, Pakistan[54]<\/a> and Syria, where the Turkish government fights with its own army and supports ISIS[55]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German technology for Erdo\u011fan's torturer<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How FinFisher GmbH's FishSpy app works in Munich \u2013 the beating heart of MIT's Turkish spy system<\/sub><\/strong>[56]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The complex system of monitoring, hacking, interception and tampering necessary to monitor millions of people is no toy. NGOs from all over Europe are researching who developed such technology and found it in Germany \u2013 it is called FinSpy and is produced by three companies of the Gamma International group: FinFisher GmbH Munich, FinFisher Labs GmbH Munich and Elaman GmbH Munich. Four organizations were able to prove it to the German courts[57]<\/a>: Reporters Without Borders in Berlin (active throughout Europe, mainly concerned with press freedom[58]<\/a>), GFF Gesellschaft f\u00fcr Freiheitsrechte in Berlin (very active in monitoring illegal activities of the BND and other German secret services[59]<\/a>), Netzpolitik.org in Berlin (an online newspaper[60]<\/a>) and the European Center for the Constitution and Human Rights in Berlin[61]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Munich public prosecutor's office launches a criminal investigation based on the evidence presented by these NGOs: the aforementioned Bavarian companies have violated the foreign trade law on at least six points[62]<\/a> and have not only sold FinSpy to Turkey, but also to the governments of many other countries, including Bahrain, Egypt, Ethiopia, Libya, Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela[63]<\/a> \u2013 all countries which raise serious concerns about the democratic nature of the political system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The investigation revealed that these three companies were only originally one, Gamma International UK Ltd. Winchester, against whom an investigation opened in 2013 by the British judicial authorities was blocked[64]<\/a>, which would have put the company on the OECD blacklist at the end of 2016[65]<\/a> \u2013 a measure which prohibits anyone in the world from doing business with the group industrial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The British investigation was limited to the analysis of the sale of FinSpy to Bahrain, while the German investigation, accompanied by a large number of testimonies from victims of the terror of the Erdo\u011fan regime in Turkey and the abroad, goes much further and finds that FinSpy has been sold illegally in 36 countries[66]<\/a>, there are huge data centers in 11 countries[67]<\/a>, so it is now suspected that there are many more crimes hidden behind known facts[68]<\/a>. This is why the Munich prosecutor's office ordered a search of the premises of the Bavarian capital, but also of the Romanian branch of the Gamma International group, in October 2020[69]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is almost impossible to defend against FinSpy: the malware installs with fake updates disguised as official, via emails with fake attachments or through security holes in software \u2013 like Avira[70]<\/a> or iTunes from Apple \u2013 and then through the bogus platforms of the major search engines, Mac and Linux installations[71]<\/a>, email programs, social networks, websites for online shopping[72]<\/a>. Where Gamma International's malware fails, that of David Vincenzetti's[73]<\/a> hacking team[74]<\/a> is there. But this company is no longer there, Gamma has surpassed it, its founders are spread over many small companies[75]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who is behind the Chinese Boxen?<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In 2015, the Citizen Lab Institute in Toronto had identified 35 countries that illegally used the applications of the Gamma \/ FinFisher group<\/sub><\/strong>[76]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The investigation by the Munich prosecutor's office leaves a slightly bitter taste in the mouth: how is it possible that a complaint from four NGOs was necessary for investigation? It makes sense that the suspicion of hypocrisy arises, especially considering that the German Secret Service (BND) awarded Stephan Oelkers of Gamma International the Big Brother Awards in 2012, because Gamma was \"the world's best computer systems intrusion company. and installation of surveillance software<\/em> (...) Gamma offers its services on its website \u2013 although the development and distribution of this type of spyware is prohibited by German criminal law (Par. 282c StGB). However, this only applies to private customers, not sales to domestic authorities or the secret police of a foreign dictatorship. This is the reason why the Munich public prosecutor's office refused to initiate criminal proceedings against Gamma<\/em>\u201d[77]<\/a>. In short: everyone knew it all, but eight years ago the Munich prosecutor thought it was a trifle as long as this monstrous technology was being used by dictatorships to oppress their own people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To be precise, we know a lot about the illegal activities of this group since 1973 (when computers were toys and espionage involved infiltrating shady men into secret rooms using a document microfilming device. banned) of people scattered in the English countryside, in the port of Hamburg, in the Bavarian capital or in the slums of Cape Town. The story begins with a cable that the US Embassy in Bonn sent to federal authorities \u2013 a message reporting the suspicious activities of Hamburg-based Dutch electronics retailer Peter Kluever[78]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CIA decides to invest in this man, as does the German army. In 1981, his two companies PK Electronics and PKI Electronic Intelligence GmbH already had contracts with the US government. In 1983, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Abdullah Ibn Nasir IBn Abd al-Asis Al Sa'ud, visited Hamburg and the German generals showed him the effects of the use of Kluever technology on the efficiency and cadence of Leopard tanks fired \u2013 which the government of Moved Riyadh to acquire this technology[79]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1987, Oelkers flew to Beijing for a demonstration of its new chips and delighted the Chinese generals who have become part of its clientele[80]<\/a>. As part of the agreements signed with the United States, from 1985, Kluever sold very modern American spy technology (developed by the Ocean Applied Research Corporation in San Diego[81]<\/a> and distributed by the CompuDyne Corporation group in Pennsylvania[82]<\/a>) Muhammar Ghaddafi in Libya, Hafiz Al-Assad in Syria, Haji Mohammad Suharto in Indonesia \u2013 the three presidents use it to intercept phone calls and radio broadcasts from opponents, foreign armies and rebel groups[83]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As he grew older, Kluever sold his company (the PK Electronics Group in Hamburg) to two engineers, the German Stephan Oelkers and the Englishman William Louthean Nelson. The latter had started running the Beijing office in 1985 and had established his own company, Personal Protection Products Ltd. Hong Kong[84]<\/a> in 1992, which until 1994, through its subsidiary in Hull[85]<\/a>, sold listening devices used by the British secret services to fight the IRA in Ulster[86]<\/a>. When Kluever retires, PK Electronics will be passed on to William Nelson and his Louthean son John Alexander Nelson, the founders of the Gamma International Group[87]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The chart of the investments of the Gamma International Group as well as of associated persons and companies \u2013 \u00a9 IBI World Ltd. London<\/sub><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A new era is beginning in which the old wiretapping will soon be overcome and forgotten. The young Louthean begins to work with Niels J\u00f8rgen Tobiasen and his two companies: The CBRN Team Ltd. London[88]<\/a> and The Phoenix Hazard Training Ltd. Darlington[89]<\/a>. It is an industrial operation that arose out of a contract to supply chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapons to Uganda[90]<\/a> which was negotiated with a member of the government, Ananias Tumukunde, who had accepted a bribe of \u00a3 40,000[91]<\/a>. An operation that ended with the arrest of Tumukunde in Kampala and Tobiasen in London in July 2007[92]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During these years, Louthean Nelson also tried to facilitate a collaboration with the hacking team of David Vincenzetti: with one of the best hackers of the Milan group, Alberto Pelliccione, Nelson tried after a while to find a system. to hack Nokia devices \u2013 but Pelliccione changes his mind when he finds out Nelson has started delivering weapons to countries affected by international sanctions through a company that has now been liquidated, Cyan Engineering Services SAL Beirut[93]<\/a>. Something that Pelliccione wants nothing to do with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps even more surprising is the next business: Nelson founds Elaman and relocates some activities to Switzerland[94]<\/a> because he is once again doing business with his father's former partner, Stephan Oelkers. Oelkers convinced Nelson to move his operations center from Hamburg to Munich and to accept a new partner, Holger G\u00fcnther Rumscheidt. This should work with the Austrian secret service[95]<\/a> and attempt to take the Bad Aibling station back from the NSA (American Military Intelligence)[96]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is an imposing and extremely symbolic temptation: the Bad Aibling interception station was born in 1936 as a military airport and radar center of the Luftwaffe, and at the end of the war, the American army converted it into a camp transit for released prisoners of war and victims of National Socialist concentration camps. A very famous concentration camp that the writers G\u00fcnter Grass and Joseph Ratzinger (the future Pope Benedict XVI) passed through[97]<\/a>. From 1952 until the closure, requested by the European Union in 2001 and carried out in 2004 (officially, since the facility was still in operation in 2013[98]<\/a>), the NSA of Bad Aibling assembled its Echelon systems[99]<\/a> to intercept telephone communications of the entire planet[100]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The takeover of the NSA station would have been the dedication of Nelson and his employees to a company of global significance and almost unlimited power. Negotiations were not over when FinFisher started selling its FinSpy to Turkey and the world began to see the danger. After the research in Munich, Switzerland and Romania, Nelson began to liquidate all the companies as quickly as possible: some of them (Computplus Ltd., G2 Systems Ltd., Gamma 2000 Ltd., Gamma 2000 Waste Management Ltd., Gamma International (UK) Ltd.) were liquidated in early February 2021 at the time of writing[101]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is no turning back<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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April 14, 2007: Over a million peaceful citizens protest against the abolition of freedom and against a regime that has turned their homeland into a hell of oppression, violence and misery. An exciting scene of humanity that could hardly be repeated<\/sub><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, that does not change the substance of things. Today, February 2021, the government and its intelligence agencies in at least 40 countries around the world, the vast majority of which are ruled by dictatorships, have in their hands software that not only goes beyond doomsday scenarios. described by George Orwell, but also from \"Brazil\" by Terry Gilliam: Now, a regime no longer needs to discover that someone is preparing a plot to isolate, torture, condemn and exterminate them. The state can create evidence with the click of a computer, using software that in a thousandth of a second will doom each one of us and implicate each of our loved ones in our destruction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a society where the alienation of the individual from the common context has already reached worrying proportions, the software developed and sold by a small handful of criminals totally unknown to the public has enabled humanity to embark on a path of no return: one where there is nothing more true and verifiable in which each of us must doubt who is around us, and even (and even more) ourselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The weakness and superficiality with which Western governments (especially the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom) have allowed this software to be distributed across the planet for purely selfish calculations is unforgivable and the sign that 75 years after the end of WWII, 30 years after the end of the cold war, and the fear of nuclear conflict when nature rebels against the foolish way we are destroying it, people have crossed the line ultimate \u2013 those in which the enemy who kills does not come from outside, but from within \u2013 and is inexorable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/65-in-yuzbinleri-6335051<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/6554851.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/laik-turkiye-icin-caglayan-a-6426626<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/3-miting-3-mesaj-6462629<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/izmir-rekor-bekliyor-6495436<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/turkey-used-german-spy-software-on-opposition-politicians-and-activists\/a-43787769<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/atalayar.com\/en\/content\/turkish-spy-networks-control-opponents<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-39416954<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.birgun.net\/haber\/iddia-pelikancilar-hakan-fidan-gitsin-diyor-283382<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trthaber.com\/haber\/gundem\/iletisim-baskanligi-berat-albayrakin-gorevden-af-talebi-kabul-edilmistir-529559.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/europe\/russia-accuses-president-erdogan-s-son-law-being-linked-isis-oil-trade-a6761436.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2016\/09\/turkey-redhackers-daunt-the-erdogan-family.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/thepressproject.gr\/exclusive-wikileaks-documents-relations-erdogan-isis-oil-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.duvarenglish.com\/sport\/2020\/02\/10\/politics-in-stadiums-fenerbahce-fans-urge-minister-albayrak-to-keep-hands-off-football<\/a> ; https:\/\/odatv4.com\/fenerbahceliler-damata-karsi-ayaga-kalkti-02022031.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> Intelligence Online, \u201cHakan Fidan close to ministerial promotion<\/em>\u201d, see in 2020.11.18 Hakan Fidan Minister<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkey-launches-project-to-train-1-million-software-developers-154081<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> 2017.04.13 T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mill%C3%AE_%C4%B0stihbarat_Te%C5%9Fkil%C3%A2t%C4%B1#Leitung<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> Hakan Fidan on Nexis, pages 57-60<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/t24.com.tr\/haber\/adanada-3-tir-durduruldu-arama-yapiliyor,248707<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> 1000 colpi di mortaio, 1000 colpi di artiglieria, 50\u2019000 fucili d'assalto e 30\u2019000 munizioni per mitragliatrice \u2013 see in https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529223636\/http:\/\/www.aktifhaber.com\/devlet-sirri-denilen-mit-tirlari-ile-ilgili-tapeler-1053377h.htm#<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.haber7.com\/guncel\/haber\/1121773-mit-tirlari-neden-durduruldu<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com.tr\/haber\/mit-tirlari-boyle-durduruldu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/bianet.org\/bianet\/insan-haklari\/155519-tir-lari-durdurmakla-suclanan-13-askere-muebbet-istendi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.milliyet.com.tr\/gundem\/mit-tirlari-olayinda-yeni-gelisme-5-savci-gorevden-uzaklastirildi-1999064<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/erdogandan-canli-yayinda-can-dundara-tehdit-288885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/www.faz.net\/aktuell\/politik\/ausland\/europa\/tuerkei\/tuerkei-kampf-gegen-die-soldaten-des-lichts-12715816.html?printPagedArticle=true#pageIndex_3<\/a> ; https:\/\/taz.de\/Wie-Guelen-zum-Staatsfeind-Nr-1-wurde\/!5323191\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.sabah.com.tr\/gundem\/2021\/02\/03\/son-dakika-istihbarattaki-fetocu-generalden-bomba-itiraflar-tegmen-rutbemi-fetullah-gulen-takti<\/a> ; https:\/\/tr.sputniknews.com\/turkiye\/202001211041211454-sozcu-ilker-basbugu-cezaevine-attiran-feto-mektubunu-acikliyoruz\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.genios.de\/presse-archiv\/artikel\/FAZ\/20171111\/jagd-auf-die-guelenisten\/FR1201711115279571.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nadir.org\/nadir\/initiativ\/isku\/hintergrund\/geheimdienste\/geheim994.htm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/tuerkischer-geheimdienst-liess-erdogan-gegner-in-deutschland-ausspionieren\/12027820.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article157778863\/Erdogans-Agenten-bedrohen-Tuerken-in-Deutschland.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.derstandard.at\/story\/1397522175727\/geheimdienst-staat-tuerkei<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2020\/09\/turkey-austria-spy-nehammer-kurdish-clashes-protests-vienna.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/austria-turkey-espionage-int-idUSKBN25S4R5<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/10\/13\/world\/europe\/turkey-austria-erdogan-assassin.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/global-europe\/news\/flemish-minister-turkish-sponosred-mosque-is-nest-of-spies\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/07\/06\/influenced-by-gulenists-belgium-targets-turkish-mosques-fighting-extremism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/erdogan-critics-listed-by-turkish-embassy-in-prague-were-included-in-bogus-terrorism-probe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turk-greek-ties-strained-by-arson-row-10324<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-greece-germany-spying\/greek-police-arrest-german-on-suspicion-of-spying-idUSBRE97208820130803<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kathimerini.gr\/society\/896001\/istories-me-kataskopoys-sto-aigaio\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.larissanet.gr\/2019\/06\/21\/dikazetai-sti-rodo-kataskopos-tis-tourkias\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/ahvalnews.com\/mit\/turkish-intelligence-recruits-eu-retirees-spy-greece<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/04\/turkish-intelligence-operations-targeting-critics-in-greece-exposed-in-secret-documents\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/intelnews.org\/2016\/12\/09\/01-2023\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/more-secret-documents-confirming-vast-turkish-espionage-activities-in-greece-uncovered\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.skai.gr\/news\/greece\/dyo-syllipseis-ellinon-gia-kataskopeia-sti-rodo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-kosovo-security-turkey-idUSKBN1H70CC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/opinion\/murat-yetkin\/turkish-intelligence-unveils-secret-codes-used-before-coup-attempt-103843<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2018\/09\/turkish-teachers-detained-moldova-gulen.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/balkaninsight.com\/2018\/09\/06\/six-turkish-professors-detained-by-moldovan-secret-services-09-06-2018\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[36]<\/a> https:\/\/kafila.org\/www-matthewaid-com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[39]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-brings-key-feto-suspect-from-ukraine-to-turkey-134608<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[66]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/finfisher-malicious-spyware-disguised-mozilla-firefox-discovered-36-countries-1233177<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[67]<\/a> https:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/home\/security-news\/finfisher-command-and-control-hubs-turn-up-in-11-new-countries\/<\/a> ; 2013.04.01 SC Magazine on FinFisher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[68]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/german-prosecutors-investigate-spyware-maker-finfisher\/a-50293812<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[69]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/2020\/unsere-strafanzeige-razzia-bei-staatstrojaner-firma-finfisher-in-muenchen\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[76]<\/a> https:\/\/citizenlab.ca\/2015\/10\/mapping-finfishers-continuing-proliferation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[77]<\/a> https:\/\/bigbrotherawards.de\/en\/2012\/technology-gamma-international<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 14, 2007: In front of the mausoleum in memory of the father of the Homeland, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the Turkish people take to the streets to demand secularism, freedom, democracy, peace, progress and prosperity. Then, the people protests against the corrupt and incompetent regime of Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan which offers misery, corruption, religious fundamentalism, violent suppression of all freedoms and genocide against ethnic minorities. There are hundreds of thousands of people who peacefully demand a new Turkey and only get violence and persecution in reverse. According to the national press, the demonstrators were more than a million and a half people[1]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since then, the regime's strategy has been clear: to suppress any protest, criticism, bad mood, newspaper or blog, anyone who is able to organize a new crowd to show the world what Turkey is today. As Erdo\u011fan realized that there were no protest leaders, but rather widespread desperation, urging individuals to desperately cry out for help[2]<\/a> \u2013 possibly to a blind and opportunistic Western world \u2013 the strategy has been refined and a new individual persecution operation implemented. Something never seen before that overcomes the bureaucratic repression of the Nazis because it uses technology that Adolf Hitler and his hierarchies never had at their disposal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The operation consists of eavesdropping on all cell phones in Turkey, spying on their contacts, reading the message exchanges, inserting false data and conversations to identify disgruntled people and creating on their devices false evidence of their participation in a terrorist plot[3]<\/a>. An operation of cynicism and brutality, both physical and psychological, which goes far beyond the nightmares George Orwell recounted in his novels on the social apocalypse. As Erdo\u011fan realized that this would not be enough, the dictator widened the hearing and the falsification of communications abroad, in countries like Greece, Australia or Germany, where thousands of Turks who fled their homeland, live[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The nightmare of total electronic control<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hakan Fidan (left), Bayrat Albarak (center) and Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan (right), directors of the telematic terror unleashed by the Ankara government<\/sub><\/strong>[5]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The operation is led by Hakan Fidan, a close friend of Erdo\u011fan and head of the Turkish intelligence service (MIT \u2013 Mill\u00ee \u0130stihbarat Te\u015fkil\u00e2t\u0131): he is a sergeant who, after meeting the future dictator, followed his career as a leader security then gradually reached a framework of military espionage, to the point that in November 2020, following the resignation of Erdo\u011fan's son-in-law, Berat Albayrak[6]<\/a> (who financed ISIS as part of its cooperation with the Iraq[7]<\/a>, as well as his participation in the scandal of the manipulation of the results of the Turkish Football League got into trouble[8]<\/a>), he became the main candidate for the office of the new Minister of Finance[9]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Albayrak was not chosen for his skills in economics, but because he is the coordinator of a whole telematic control project, for which the regime, after having trained a million state hackers, will control all economic transactions of every business and every citizen[10]<\/a>: officially to prevent tax evasion. The fact that Hakan Fidan has been at the head of this new ministry since January 2021 makes everything clear and simple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Erdo\u011fan has since transformed the Prime Minister's office into a registered government agency[11]<\/a> that controls certain Turkish consulates abroad \u2013 such as Atlanta, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, Washington DC (USA), Burnaby (Canada) and Rabat (Morocco)[12]<\/a> \u2013 and of course MIT too[13]<\/a>. In each of these agencies, Hakan Fidan plays the role of executive director[14]<\/a>. Maybe because MIT is not only active in Turkey, but all over the world ...<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On January 19, 2014, the Turkish gendarmerie blocked two trucks bound for Syria that were full of weapons[15]<\/a> \u2013 weapons intended to aid the Caliphate Army (ISIS)[16]<\/a> carried by MIT agents[17]<\/a>. Erdo\u011fan initially claimed that it was humanitarian aid[18]<\/a>, but some journalists managed to film the truck and the lie was discovered. Result: the 13 gendarmes who stopped the trucks were sentenced to long prison terms[19]<\/a>; The investigating judges were dismissed from their functions and charged[20]<\/a>; journalists involved in recording or publishing the information were sentenced to five years in prison[21]<\/a>. Police have been given new orders: never stop MIT vehicles from going overseas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of MIT's tasks is to fight the Hizmet sect and its preacher Fethullah G\u00fclen (tapping phones and the internet, stalking, kidnapping, torturing, murdering[22]<\/a>) in Turkey and abroad[23]<\/a>. However, MIT's main task is to fight opponents outside the country. Around 500 MIT officials and over 6,000 informants are active in Germany \u2013 an even larger and more powerful structure than STASI during the GDR era[24]<\/a> \u2013 whose purpose is not only to observe and report Turkish citizens who emigrated to Europe, but also to intervene physically[25]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of MIT's goals is to intercept communications to create fictitious evidence against critics of the Ankara regime and to justify their kidnapping and torture[26]<\/a>. A strategy that MIT is also pursuing in several other countries of the world \u2013 for example in Austria[27]<\/a>, Belgium[28]<\/a>, Czech Republic[29]<\/a>, France[30]<\/a>, Greece[31]<\/a>, Kosovo[32]<\/a>, Lithuania[33]<\/a>, Moldova[34]<\/a>, Norway[35]<\/a>, Serbia[36]<\/a>, Sweden[37]<\/a>, Switzerland[38]<\/a>, Ukraine[39]<\/a>, United Kingdom[40]<\/a>, Australia[41]<\/a>, Egypt[42]<\/a>, Gabon[43]<\/a>, Kenya[44]<\/a>, Libya[45]<\/a>, Sudan[46]<\/a>, United States[47]<\/a>, Armenia[48]<\/a>, Azerbaijan[49]<\/a>, Georgia[50]<\/a>, Iraq[51]<\/a>, Malaysia[52]<\/a>, Mongolia[53]<\/a>, Pakistan[54]<\/a> and Syria, where the Turkish government fights with its own army and supports ISIS[55]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German technology for Erdo\u011fan's torturer<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How FinFisher GmbH's FishSpy app works in Munich \u2013 the beating heart of MIT's Turkish spy system<\/sub><\/strong>[56]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The complex system of monitoring, hacking, interception and tampering necessary to monitor millions of people is no toy. NGOs from all over Europe are researching who developed such technology and found it in Germany \u2013 it is called FinSpy and is produced by three companies of the Gamma International group: FinFisher GmbH Munich, FinFisher Labs GmbH Munich and Elaman GmbH Munich. Four organizations were able to prove it to the German courts[57]<\/a>: Reporters Without Borders in Berlin (active throughout Europe, mainly concerned with press freedom[58]<\/a>), GFF Gesellschaft f\u00fcr Freiheitsrechte in Berlin (very active in monitoring illegal activities of the BND and other German secret services[59]<\/a>), Netzpolitik.org in Berlin (an online newspaper[60]<\/a>) and the European Center for the Constitution and Human Rights in Berlin[61]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Munich public prosecutor's office launches a criminal investigation based on the evidence presented by these NGOs: the aforementioned Bavarian companies have violated the foreign trade law on at least six points[62]<\/a> and have not only sold FinSpy to Turkey, but also to the governments of many other countries, including Bahrain, Egypt, Ethiopia, Libya, Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela[63]<\/a> \u2013 all countries which raise serious concerns about the democratic nature of the political system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The investigation revealed that these three companies were only originally one, Gamma International UK Ltd. Winchester, against whom an investigation opened in 2013 by the British judicial authorities was blocked[64]<\/a>, which would have put the company on the OECD blacklist at the end of 2016[65]<\/a> \u2013 a measure which prohibits anyone in the world from doing business with the group industrial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The British investigation was limited to the analysis of the sale of FinSpy to Bahrain, while the German investigation, accompanied by a large number of testimonies from victims of the terror of the Erdo\u011fan regime in Turkey and the abroad, goes much further and finds that FinSpy has been sold illegally in 36 countries[66]<\/a>, there are huge data centers in 11 countries[67]<\/a>, so it is now suspected that there are many more crimes hidden behind known facts[68]<\/a>. This is why the Munich prosecutor's office ordered a search of the premises of the Bavarian capital, but also of the Romanian branch of the Gamma International group, in October 2020[69]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is almost impossible to defend against FinSpy: the malware installs with fake updates disguised as official, via emails with fake attachments or through security holes in software \u2013 like Avira[70]<\/a> or iTunes from Apple \u2013 and then through the bogus platforms of the major search engines, Mac and Linux installations[71]<\/a>, email programs, social networks, websites for online shopping[72]<\/a>. Where Gamma International's malware fails, that of David Vincenzetti's[73]<\/a> hacking team[74]<\/a> is there. But this company is no longer there, Gamma has surpassed it, its founders are spread over many small companies[75]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who is behind the Chinese Boxen?<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In 2015, the Citizen Lab Institute in Toronto had identified 35 countries that illegally used the applications of the Gamma \/ FinFisher group<\/sub><\/strong>[76]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The investigation by the Munich prosecutor's office leaves a slightly bitter taste in the mouth: how is it possible that a complaint from four NGOs was necessary for investigation? It makes sense that the suspicion of hypocrisy arises, especially considering that the German Secret Service (BND) awarded Stephan Oelkers of Gamma International the Big Brother Awards in 2012, because Gamma was \"the world's best computer systems intrusion company. and installation of surveillance software<\/em> (...) Gamma offers its services on its website \u2013 although the development and distribution of this type of spyware is prohibited by German criminal law (Par. 282c StGB). However, this only applies to private customers, not sales to domestic authorities or the secret police of a foreign dictatorship. This is the reason why the Munich public prosecutor's office refused to initiate criminal proceedings against Gamma<\/em>\u201d[77]<\/a>. In short: everyone knew it all, but eight years ago the Munich prosecutor thought it was a trifle as long as this monstrous technology was being used by dictatorships to oppress their own people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To be precise, we know a lot about the illegal activities of this group since 1973 (when computers were toys and espionage involved infiltrating shady men into secret rooms using a document microfilming device. banned) of people scattered in the English countryside, in the port of Hamburg, in the Bavarian capital or in the slums of Cape Town. The story begins with a cable that the US Embassy in Bonn sent to federal authorities \u2013 a message reporting the suspicious activities of Hamburg-based Dutch electronics retailer Peter Kluever[78]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CIA decides to invest in this man, as does the German army. In 1981, his two companies PK Electronics and PKI Electronic Intelligence GmbH already had contracts with the US government. In 1983, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Abdullah Ibn Nasir IBn Abd al-Asis Al Sa'ud, visited Hamburg and the German generals showed him the effects of the use of Kluever technology on the efficiency and cadence of Leopard tanks fired \u2013 which the government of Moved Riyadh to acquire this technology[79]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1987, Oelkers flew to Beijing for a demonstration of its new chips and delighted the Chinese generals who have become part of its clientele[80]<\/a>. As part of the agreements signed with the United States, from 1985, Kluever sold very modern American spy technology (developed by the Ocean Applied Research Corporation in San Diego[81]<\/a> and distributed by the CompuDyne Corporation group in Pennsylvania[82]<\/a>) Muhammar Ghaddafi in Libya, Hafiz Al-Assad in Syria, Haji Mohammad Suharto in Indonesia \u2013 the three presidents use it to intercept phone calls and radio broadcasts from opponents, foreign armies and rebel groups[83]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As he grew older, Kluever sold his company (the PK Electronics Group in Hamburg) to two engineers, the German Stephan Oelkers and the Englishman William Louthean Nelson. The latter had started running the Beijing office in 1985 and had established his own company, Personal Protection Products Ltd. Hong Kong[84]<\/a> in 1992, which until 1994, through its subsidiary in Hull[85]<\/a>, sold listening devices used by the British secret services to fight the IRA in Ulster[86]<\/a>. When Kluever retires, PK Electronics will be passed on to William Nelson and his Louthean son John Alexander Nelson, the founders of the Gamma International Group[87]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The chart of the investments of the Gamma International Group as well as of associated persons and companies \u2013 \u00a9 IBI World Ltd. London<\/sub><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A new era is beginning in which the old wiretapping will soon be overcome and forgotten. The young Louthean begins to work with Niels J\u00f8rgen Tobiasen and his two companies: The CBRN Team Ltd. London[88]<\/a> and The Phoenix Hazard Training Ltd. Darlington[89]<\/a>. It is an industrial operation that arose out of a contract to supply chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapons to Uganda[90]<\/a> which was negotiated with a member of the government, Ananias Tumukunde, who had accepted a bribe of \u00a3 40,000[91]<\/a>. An operation that ended with the arrest of Tumukunde in Kampala and Tobiasen in London in July 2007[92]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During these years, Louthean Nelson also tried to facilitate a collaboration with the hacking team of David Vincenzetti: with one of the best hackers of the Milan group, Alberto Pelliccione, Nelson tried after a while to find a system. to hack Nokia devices \u2013 but Pelliccione changes his mind when he finds out Nelson has started delivering weapons to countries affected by international sanctions through a company that has now been liquidated, Cyan Engineering Services SAL Beirut[93]<\/a>. Something that Pelliccione wants nothing to do with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps even more surprising is the next business: Nelson founds Elaman and relocates some activities to Switzerland[94]<\/a> because he is once again doing business with his father's former partner, Stephan Oelkers. Oelkers convinced Nelson to move his operations center from Hamburg to Munich and to accept a new partner, Holger G\u00fcnther Rumscheidt. This should work with the Austrian secret service[95]<\/a> and attempt to take the Bad Aibling station back from the NSA (American Military Intelligence)[96]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is an imposing and extremely symbolic temptation: the Bad Aibling interception station was born in 1936 as a military airport and radar center of the Luftwaffe, and at the end of the war, the American army converted it into a camp transit for released prisoners of war and victims of National Socialist concentration camps. A very famous concentration camp that the writers G\u00fcnter Grass and Joseph Ratzinger (the future Pope Benedict XVI) passed through[97]<\/a>. From 1952 until the closure, requested by the European Union in 2001 and carried out in 2004 (officially, since the facility was still in operation in 2013[98]<\/a>), the NSA of Bad Aibling assembled its Echelon systems[99]<\/a> to intercept telephone communications of the entire planet[100]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The takeover of the NSA station would have been the dedication of Nelson and his employees to a company of global significance and almost unlimited power. Negotiations were not over when FinFisher started selling its FinSpy to Turkey and the world began to see the danger. After the research in Munich, Switzerland and Romania, Nelson began to liquidate all the companies as quickly as possible: some of them (Computplus Ltd., G2 Systems Ltd., Gamma 2000 Ltd., Gamma 2000 Waste Management Ltd., Gamma International (UK) Ltd.) were liquidated in early February 2021 at the time of writing[101]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is no turning back<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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April 14, 2007: Over a million peaceful citizens protest against the abolition of freedom and against a regime that has turned their homeland into a hell of oppression, violence and misery. An exciting scene of humanity that could hardly be repeated<\/sub><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, that does not change the substance of things. Today, February 2021, the government and its intelligence agencies in at least 40 countries around the world, the vast majority of which are ruled by dictatorships, have in their hands software that not only goes beyond doomsday scenarios. described by George Orwell, but also from \"Brazil\" by Terry Gilliam: Now, a regime no longer needs to discover that someone is preparing a plot to isolate, torture, condemn and exterminate them. The state can create evidence with the click of a computer, using software that in a thousandth of a second will doom each one of us and implicate each of our loved ones in our destruction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a society where the alienation of the individual from the common context has already reached worrying proportions, the software developed and sold by a small handful of criminals totally unknown to the public has enabled humanity to embark on a path of no return: one where there is nothing more true and verifiable in which each of us must doubt who is around us, and even (and even more) ourselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The weakness and superficiality with which Western governments (especially the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom) have allowed this software to be distributed across the planet for purely selfish calculations is unforgivable and the sign that 75 years after the end of WWII, 30 years after the end of the cold war, and the fear of nuclear conflict when nature rebels against the foolish way we are destroying it, people have crossed the line ultimate \u2013 those in which the enemy who kills does not come from outside, but from within \u2013 and is inexorable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/65-in-yuzbinleri-6335051<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/6554851.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/laik-turkiye-icin-caglayan-a-6426626<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/3-miting-3-mesaj-6462629<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/izmir-rekor-bekliyor-6495436<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/turkey-used-german-spy-software-on-opposition-politicians-and-activists\/a-43787769<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/atalayar.com\/en\/content\/turkish-spy-networks-control-opponents<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-39416954<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.birgun.net\/haber\/iddia-pelikancilar-hakan-fidan-gitsin-diyor-283382<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trthaber.com\/haber\/gundem\/iletisim-baskanligi-berat-albayrakin-gorevden-af-talebi-kabul-edilmistir-529559.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/europe\/russia-accuses-president-erdogan-s-son-law-being-linked-isis-oil-trade-a6761436.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2016\/09\/turkey-redhackers-daunt-the-erdogan-family.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/thepressproject.gr\/exclusive-wikileaks-documents-relations-erdogan-isis-oil-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.duvarenglish.com\/sport\/2020\/02\/10\/politics-in-stadiums-fenerbahce-fans-urge-minister-albayrak-to-keep-hands-off-football<\/a> ; https:\/\/odatv4.com\/fenerbahceliler-damata-karsi-ayaga-kalkti-02022031.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> Intelligence Online, \u201cHakan Fidan close to ministerial promotion<\/em>\u201d, see in 2020.11.18 Hakan Fidan Minister<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkey-launches-project-to-train-1-million-software-developers-154081<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> 2017.04.13 T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mill%C3%AE_%C4%B0stihbarat_Te%C5%9Fkil%C3%A2t%C4%B1#Leitung<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> Hakan Fidan on Nexis, pages 57-60<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/t24.com.tr\/haber\/adanada-3-tir-durduruldu-arama-yapiliyor,248707<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> 1000 colpi di mortaio, 1000 colpi di artiglieria, 50\u2019000 fucili d'assalto e 30\u2019000 munizioni per mitragliatrice \u2013 see in https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529223636\/http:\/\/www.aktifhaber.com\/devlet-sirri-denilen-mit-tirlari-ile-ilgili-tapeler-1053377h.htm#<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.haber7.com\/guncel\/haber\/1121773-mit-tirlari-neden-durduruldu<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com.tr\/haber\/mit-tirlari-boyle-durduruldu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/bianet.org\/bianet\/insan-haklari\/155519-tir-lari-durdurmakla-suclanan-13-askere-muebbet-istendi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.milliyet.com.tr\/gundem\/mit-tirlari-olayinda-yeni-gelisme-5-savci-gorevden-uzaklastirildi-1999064<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/erdogandan-canli-yayinda-can-dundara-tehdit-288885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/www.faz.net\/aktuell\/politik\/ausland\/europa\/tuerkei\/tuerkei-kampf-gegen-die-soldaten-des-lichts-12715816.html?printPagedArticle=true#pageIndex_3<\/a> ; https:\/\/taz.de\/Wie-Guelen-zum-Staatsfeind-Nr-1-wurde\/!5323191\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.sabah.com.tr\/gundem\/2021\/02\/03\/son-dakika-istihbarattaki-fetocu-generalden-bomba-itiraflar-tegmen-rutbemi-fetullah-gulen-takti<\/a> ; https:\/\/tr.sputniknews.com\/turkiye\/202001211041211454-sozcu-ilker-basbugu-cezaevine-attiran-feto-mektubunu-acikliyoruz\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.genios.de\/presse-archiv\/artikel\/FAZ\/20171111\/jagd-auf-die-guelenisten\/FR1201711115279571.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nadir.org\/nadir\/initiativ\/isku\/hintergrund\/geheimdienste\/geheim994.htm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/tuerkischer-geheimdienst-liess-erdogan-gegner-in-deutschland-ausspionieren\/12027820.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article157778863\/Erdogans-Agenten-bedrohen-Tuerken-in-Deutschland.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.derstandard.at\/story\/1397522175727\/geheimdienst-staat-tuerkei<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2020\/09\/turkey-austria-spy-nehammer-kurdish-clashes-protests-vienna.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/austria-turkey-espionage-int-idUSKBN25S4R5<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/10\/13\/world\/europe\/turkey-austria-erdogan-assassin.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/global-europe\/news\/flemish-minister-turkish-sponosred-mosque-is-nest-of-spies\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/07\/06\/influenced-by-gulenists-belgium-targets-turkish-mosques-fighting-extremism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/erdogan-critics-listed-by-turkish-embassy-in-prague-were-included-in-bogus-terrorism-probe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turk-greek-ties-strained-by-arson-row-10324<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-greece-germany-spying\/greek-police-arrest-german-on-suspicion-of-spying-idUSBRE97208820130803<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kathimerini.gr\/society\/896001\/istories-me-kataskopoys-sto-aigaio\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.larissanet.gr\/2019\/06\/21\/dikazetai-sti-rodo-kataskopos-tis-tourkias\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/ahvalnews.com\/mit\/turkish-intelligence-recruits-eu-retirees-spy-greece<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/04\/turkish-intelligence-operations-targeting-critics-in-greece-exposed-in-secret-documents\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/intelnews.org\/2016\/12\/09\/01-2023\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/more-secret-documents-confirming-vast-turkish-espionage-activities-in-greece-uncovered\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.skai.gr\/news\/greece\/dyo-syllipseis-ellinon-gia-kataskopeia-sti-rodo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-kosovo-security-turkey-idUSKBN1H70CC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/opinion\/murat-yetkin\/turkish-intelligence-unveils-secret-codes-used-before-coup-attempt-103843<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2018\/09\/turkish-teachers-detained-moldova-gulen.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/balkaninsight.com\/2018\/09\/06\/six-turkish-professors-detained-by-moldovan-secret-services-09-06-2018\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/turkeypurge.com\/turkey-spying-imams-active-also-in-norway<\/a> ; https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/turkeys-autocratic-president-erdogans-spying-profiling-expands-in-norway\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/kafila.org\/www-matthewaid-com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/report-sweden-launches-espionage-probe-into-turkish-govt-representatives\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/politics\/undiplomatic_swiss-eye-alleged-turkish-kidnapping-attempt\/43973170<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/swiss-foreign-minister-warns-turkey-against-illegal-spying-111199<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/eu-affairs\/2017\/05\/01\/as-anti-turkish-politics-grip-europe-turkish-swiss-policeman-arrested<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-brings-key-feto-suspect-from-ukraine-to-turkey-134608<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.meforum.org\/60976\/turkish-spy-agency-mit-intelligence-gathering-australia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-egypt-court\/egypt-detains-29-people-on-suspicion-of-espionage-for-turkey-idUSKBN1DM1AN<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.egypttoday.com\/Article\/1\/33764\/In-Pictures-Egypt-foils-Turkish-espionage-attempt<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-agency-brings-three-feto-members-from-gabon-to-turkey-130050<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/turkey\/turkish-intelligence-agency-rescues-a-kidnapped-italian-citizen-in-kenya-36192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20190807-libyan-national-army-turkish-intelligence-is-operating-in-tripoli\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/11\/27\/senior-feto-figure-captured-by-turkish-intelligence-in-sudan\/amp<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/07\/turkish-diplomats-have-extensively-spied-on-critics-in-the-united-states\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/1101683.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intel-returns-wanted-feto-from-azerbaijan-140108<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/06\/turkish-diplomats-spy-on-erdogan-critics-in-georgia-secret-document-reveals\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2019\/04\/22\/4-pkk-terrorists-brought-to-turkey-from-iraq-in-operation-by-turkish-intelligence<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/news\/pkk-confirms-capture-two-turkish-spies-iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.presstv.com\/Detail\/2017\/08\/29\/533306\/PKK-Turkish-officers-spying-Iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.sabah.com.tr\/gundem\/2019\/07\/07\/son-dakika-teror-orgutu-pkkkcknin-sozde-baskanlik-konseyi-uyesi-diyar-garip-muhammed-etkisiz-hale-getirildi<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thedefensepost.com\/2018\/08\/15\/turkey-airstrike-pkk-sinjar-iraq\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/menafn.com\/1098975780\/Turkish-warplanes-neutralize-4-PKK-terrorists-In-Iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2019\/09\/16\/3-pkk-terrorists-neutralized-by-turkish-jets-in-northern-iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkey-neutralizes-senior-female-ypg-pkk-terrorist-150730<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/cellmate-teacher-abducted-by-turkeys-mit-from-malaysia-subjected-to-torture-in-ankara\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligences-captures-feto-suspect-in-malaysia-146188<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-mongolia-kidnapping-turkey-idUSKBN1KI03N<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/pakistan\/pakistan-admits-they-secretly-deported-turkish-family-wanted-by-erdogan-govt-4895423\/lite\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turkish_involvement_in_the_Syrian_civil_war<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/securityaffairs.co\/wordpress\/41169\/breaking-news\/finfisher-spyware-new-customers.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.business-humanrights.org\/en\/latest-news\/german-prosecutor-to-investigate-finfisher-for-allegedly-selling-spyware-used-against-journalists-and-activists-in-turkey-without-license\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.ecchr.eu\/en\/press-release\/german-prosecutor-opens-criminal-investiation-into-finfisher-for-selling-spyware-to-turkey-without-license\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reporter-ohne-grenzen.de\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/freiheitsrechte.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[60]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[61]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecchr.eu\/en\/about-us\/?L=2<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[62]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 4-5<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[63]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 6-7, page 12<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[64]<\/a> https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847361\/UK-NCP-initial-complaint-privacy-international-and-others-against-gamma-international-uk-ltd.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847362\/UK-NCP-Final-statement-complaint-Privacy-International-Gamma-International-UK-Ltd.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847364\/uk-ncp-follow-up-statement-privacy-international-gamma-international.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[65]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/privacy-international-complaint-to-uk-ncp-about-gamma-international-uk-ltd<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[66]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/finfisher-malicious-spyware-disguised-mozilla-firefox-discovered-36-countries-1233177<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[67]<\/a> https:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/home\/security-news\/finfisher-command-and-control-hubs-turn-up-in-11-new-countries\/<\/a> ; 2013.04.01 SC Magazine on FinFisher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[68]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/german-prosecutors-investigate-spyware-maker-finfisher\/a-50293812<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[69]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/2020\/unsere-strafanzeige-razzia-bei-staatstrojaner-firma-finfisher-in-muenchen\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[70]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/intelligence_privacy\/avira-lantivirus-comprato-dai-servizi-segreti-del-golfo-persico\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/blogs.mediapart.fr\/paolo-fusi\/blog\/260920\/le-hacker-militaire-qui-achete-avira<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[71]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/research\/2020\/09\/german-made-finspy-spyware-found-in-egypt-and-mac-and-linux-versions-revealed\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[72]<\/a> https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/BL-DGB-23568<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/technology\/apple\/8912714\/Apple-iTunes-flaw-allowed-government-spying-for-3-years.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/krebsonsecurity.com\/2011\/11\/apple-took-3-years-to-fix-finfisher-trojan-hole\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2012-07-25\/cyber-attacks-on-activists-traced-to-finfisher-spyware-of-gamma<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[75]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/tecnologia\/2015\/07\/12\/news\/segreti-concorrenza-e-fobie-tutti-i-punti-deboli-di-hacking-team-1.35241096<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[76]<\/a> https:\/\/citizenlab.ca\/2015\/10\/mapping-finfishers-continuing-proliferation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[77]<\/a> https:\/\/bigbrotherawards.de\/en\/2012\/technology-gamma-international<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[78]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/pdf\/gammagrouploutheannelsonwapenhandelaarspursang.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/slideum.com\/doc\/9973831\/gehele-observant-%2369--januari-2017-politie-mercenaries<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[79]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[81]<\/a> U.S. Department of Commerce, Industry and Trade Administration, \u201cCommercial News USA<\/em>\u201d, U.S. Foreign Commercial Service, Washington DC, 1979, page 38<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[82]<\/a> https:\/\/www.referenceforbusiness.com\/history2\/1\/CompuDyne-Corporation.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[83]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[84]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/hk\/0475615<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[85]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/02088610<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[86]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[87]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/01958854<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[88]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/05318642<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[89]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/gb\/06591222<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[90]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[91]<\/a> https:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/200809010266.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[92]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nti.org\/gsn\/article\/danish-man-charged-with-wmd-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[93]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[94]<\/a> Elaman AG Malans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[95]<\/a> Holger G\u00fcnther Rumscheidt Kirchberg in Tirol<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[96]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[97]<\/a> https:\/\/www.webcitation.org\/5k8f6XouC?url=http:\/\/www.zianet.com\/jpage\/Bad%20Aibling%20Station%20-%20A%20Legacy%20of%20Excellence.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/military.wikia.org\/wiki\/Bad_Aibling_Station<\/a> ; Gottfried Mayr, \u201cDas Kriegsgefangenenlager PWE No. 26: Bad Aibling 1945-1946 : Massenschicksal \u2013 Einzelschicksale\u201c, Bad Aibling: Hist. Verein Bad Aibling und Umgebung, Bald Aibling 2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[98]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[99]<\/a> James Bamford, \u201cBody of secrets: Anatomy of the ultra-secret NSA<\/em>\u201d, Anchor Books, New York, 2002<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[100]<\/a> https:\/\/www.europarl.europa.eu\/sides\/getDoc.do?pubRef=-\/\/EP\/\/TEXT+REPORT+A5-2001-0264+0+DOC+XML+V0\/\/EN<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/www.teckbote.de\/startseite_artikel,-kein-krieg-ohne-waffen-aber-gibt-es-frieden-ohne-waffen-_arid,203110.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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DCT holds a workshops with MEPs to discuss arms embargo on powers fighting in Yemen particularly state actors such as KSA and UAE which purchase German and European War

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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Atelier avec les d\u00e9put\u00e9s europ\u00e9ens sur la guerre au Y\u00e9men et les d\u00e9veloppements r\u00e9cents, y compris les crimes de guerre et la responsabilit\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 14, 2007: In front of the mausoleum in memory of the father of the Homeland, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the Turkish people take to the streets to demand secularism, freedom, democracy, peace, progress and prosperity. Then, the people protests against the corrupt and incompetent regime of Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan which offers misery, corruption, religious fundamentalism, violent suppression of all freedoms and genocide against ethnic minorities. There are hundreds of thousands of people who peacefully demand a new Turkey and only get violence and persecution in reverse. According to the national press, the demonstrators were more than a million and a half people[1]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since then, the regime's strategy has been clear: to suppress any protest, criticism, bad mood, newspaper or blog, anyone who is able to organize a new crowd to show the world what Turkey is today. As Erdo\u011fan realized that there were no protest leaders, but rather widespread desperation, urging individuals to desperately cry out for help[2]<\/a> \u2013 possibly to a blind and opportunistic Western world \u2013 the strategy has been refined and a new individual persecution operation implemented. Something never seen before that overcomes the bureaucratic repression of the Nazis because it uses technology that Adolf Hitler and his hierarchies never had at their disposal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The operation consists of eavesdropping on all cell phones in Turkey, spying on their contacts, reading the message exchanges, inserting false data and conversations to identify disgruntled people and creating on their devices false evidence of their participation in a terrorist plot[3]<\/a>. An operation of cynicism and brutality, both physical and psychological, which goes far beyond the nightmares George Orwell recounted in his novels on the social apocalypse. As Erdo\u011fan realized that this would not be enough, the dictator widened the hearing and the falsification of communications abroad, in countries like Greece, Australia or Germany, where thousands of Turks who fled their homeland, live[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The nightmare of total electronic control<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hakan Fidan (left), Bayrat Albarak (center) and Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan (right), directors of the telematic terror unleashed by the Ankara government<\/sub><\/strong>[5]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The operation is led by Hakan Fidan, a close friend of Erdo\u011fan and head of the Turkish intelligence service (MIT \u2013 Mill\u00ee \u0130stihbarat Te\u015fkil\u00e2t\u0131): he is a sergeant who, after meeting the future dictator, followed his career as a leader security then gradually reached a framework of military espionage, to the point that in November 2020, following the resignation of Erdo\u011fan's son-in-law, Berat Albayrak[6]<\/a> (who financed ISIS as part of its cooperation with the Iraq[7]<\/a>, as well as his participation in the scandal of the manipulation of the results of the Turkish Football League got into trouble[8]<\/a>), he became the main candidate for the office of the new Minister of Finance[9]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Albayrak was not chosen for his skills in economics, but because he is the coordinator of a whole telematic control project, for which the regime, after having trained a million state hackers, will control all economic transactions of every business and every citizen[10]<\/a>: officially to prevent tax evasion. The fact that Hakan Fidan has been at the head of this new ministry since January 2021 makes everything clear and simple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Erdo\u011fan has since transformed the Prime Minister's office into a registered government agency[11]<\/a> that controls certain Turkish consulates abroad \u2013 such as Atlanta, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, Washington DC (USA), Burnaby (Canada) and Rabat (Morocco)[12]<\/a> \u2013 and of course MIT too[13]<\/a>. In each of these agencies, Hakan Fidan plays the role of executive director[14]<\/a>. Maybe because MIT is not only active in Turkey, but all over the world ...<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On January 19, 2014, the Turkish gendarmerie blocked two trucks bound for Syria that were full of weapons[15]<\/a> \u2013 weapons intended to aid the Caliphate Army (ISIS)[16]<\/a> carried by MIT agents[17]<\/a>. Erdo\u011fan initially claimed that it was humanitarian aid[18]<\/a>, but some journalists managed to film the truck and the lie was discovered. Result: the 13 gendarmes who stopped the trucks were sentenced to long prison terms[19]<\/a>; The investigating judges were dismissed from their functions and charged[20]<\/a>; journalists involved in recording or publishing the information were sentenced to five years in prison[21]<\/a>. Police have been given new orders: never stop MIT vehicles from going overseas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of MIT's tasks is to fight the Hizmet sect and its preacher Fethullah G\u00fclen (tapping phones and the internet, stalking, kidnapping, torturing, murdering[22]<\/a>) in Turkey and abroad[23]<\/a>. However, MIT's main task is to fight opponents outside the country. Around 500 MIT officials and over 6,000 informants are active in Germany \u2013 an even larger and more powerful structure than STASI during the GDR era[24]<\/a> \u2013 whose purpose is not only to observe and report Turkish citizens who emigrated to Europe, but also to intervene physically[25]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of MIT's goals is to intercept communications to create fictitious evidence against critics of the Ankara regime and to justify their kidnapping and torture[26]<\/a>. A strategy that MIT is also pursuing in several other countries of the world \u2013 for example in Austria[27]<\/a>, Belgium[28]<\/a>, Czech Republic[29]<\/a>, France[30]<\/a>, Greece[31]<\/a>, Kosovo[32]<\/a>, Lithuania[33]<\/a>, Moldova[34]<\/a>, Norway[35]<\/a>, Serbia[36]<\/a>, Sweden[37]<\/a>, Switzerland[38]<\/a>, Ukraine[39]<\/a>, United Kingdom[40]<\/a>, Australia[41]<\/a>, Egypt[42]<\/a>, Gabon[43]<\/a>, Kenya[44]<\/a>, Libya[45]<\/a>, Sudan[46]<\/a>, United States[47]<\/a>, Armenia[48]<\/a>, Azerbaijan[49]<\/a>, Georgia[50]<\/a>, Iraq[51]<\/a>, Malaysia[52]<\/a>, Mongolia[53]<\/a>, Pakistan[54]<\/a> and Syria, where the Turkish government fights with its own army and supports ISIS[55]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German technology for Erdo\u011fan's torturer<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How FinFisher GmbH's FishSpy app works in Munich \u2013 the beating heart of MIT's Turkish spy system<\/sub><\/strong>[56]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The complex system of monitoring, hacking, interception and tampering necessary to monitor millions of people is no toy. NGOs from all over Europe are researching who developed such technology and found it in Germany \u2013 it is called FinSpy and is produced by three companies of the Gamma International group: FinFisher GmbH Munich, FinFisher Labs GmbH Munich and Elaman GmbH Munich. Four organizations were able to prove it to the German courts[57]<\/a>: Reporters Without Borders in Berlin (active throughout Europe, mainly concerned with press freedom[58]<\/a>), GFF Gesellschaft f\u00fcr Freiheitsrechte in Berlin (very active in monitoring illegal activities of the BND and other German secret services[59]<\/a>), Netzpolitik.org in Berlin (an online newspaper[60]<\/a>) and the European Center for the Constitution and Human Rights in Berlin[61]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Munich public prosecutor's office launches a criminal investigation based on the evidence presented by these NGOs: the aforementioned Bavarian companies have violated the foreign trade law on at least six points[62]<\/a> and have not only sold FinSpy to Turkey, but also to the governments of many other countries, including Bahrain, Egypt, Ethiopia, Libya, Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela[63]<\/a> \u2013 all countries which raise serious concerns about the democratic nature of the political system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The investigation revealed that these three companies were only originally one, Gamma International UK Ltd. Winchester, against whom an investigation opened in 2013 by the British judicial authorities was blocked[64]<\/a>, which would have put the company on the OECD blacklist at the end of 2016[65]<\/a> \u2013 a measure which prohibits anyone in the world from doing business with the group industrial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The British investigation was limited to the analysis of the sale of FinSpy to Bahrain, while the German investigation, accompanied by a large number of testimonies from victims of the terror of the Erdo\u011fan regime in Turkey and the abroad, goes much further and finds that FinSpy has been sold illegally in 36 countries[66]<\/a>, there are huge data centers in 11 countries[67]<\/a>, so it is now suspected that there are many more crimes hidden behind known facts[68]<\/a>. This is why the Munich prosecutor's office ordered a search of the premises of the Bavarian capital, but also of the Romanian branch of the Gamma International group, in October 2020[69]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is almost impossible to defend against FinSpy: the malware installs with fake updates disguised as official, via emails with fake attachments or through security holes in software \u2013 like Avira[70]<\/a> or iTunes from Apple \u2013 and then through the bogus platforms of the major search engines, Mac and Linux installations[71]<\/a>, email programs, social networks, websites for online shopping[72]<\/a>. Where Gamma International's malware fails, that of David Vincenzetti's[73]<\/a> hacking team[74]<\/a> is there. But this company is no longer there, Gamma has surpassed it, its founders are spread over many small companies[75]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who is behind the Chinese Boxen?<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In 2015, the Citizen Lab Institute in Toronto had identified 35 countries that illegally used the applications of the Gamma \/ FinFisher group<\/sub><\/strong>[76]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The investigation by the Munich prosecutor's office leaves a slightly bitter taste in the mouth: how is it possible that a complaint from four NGOs was necessary for investigation? It makes sense that the suspicion of hypocrisy arises, especially considering that the German Secret Service (BND) awarded Stephan Oelkers of Gamma International the Big Brother Awards in 2012, because Gamma was \"the world's best computer systems intrusion company. and installation of surveillance software<\/em> (...) Gamma offers its services on its website \u2013 although the development and distribution of this type of spyware is prohibited by German criminal law (Par. 282c StGB). However, this only applies to private customers, not sales to domestic authorities or the secret police of a foreign dictatorship. This is the reason why the Munich public prosecutor's office refused to initiate criminal proceedings against Gamma<\/em>\u201d[77]<\/a>. In short: everyone knew it all, but eight years ago the Munich prosecutor thought it was a trifle as long as this monstrous technology was being used by dictatorships to oppress their own people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To be precise, we know a lot about the illegal activities of this group since 1973 (when computers were toys and espionage involved infiltrating shady men into secret rooms using a document microfilming device. banned) of people scattered in the English countryside, in the port of Hamburg, in the Bavarian capital or in the slums of Cape Town. The story begins with a cable that the US Embassy in Bonn sent to federal authorities \u2013 a message reporting the suspicious activities of Hamburg-based Dutch electronics retailer Peter Kluever[78]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CIA decides to invest in this man, as does the German army. In 1981, his two companies PK Electronics and PKI Electronic Intelligence GmbH already had contracts with the US government. In 1983, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Abdullah Ibn Nasir IBn Abd al-Asis Al Sa'ud, visited Hamburg and the German generals showed him the effects of the use of Kluever technology on the efficiency and cadence of Leopard tanks fired \u2013 which the government of Moved Riyadh to acquire this technology[79]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1987, Oelkers flew to Beijing for a demonstration of its new chips and delighted the Chinese generals who have become part of its clientele[80]<\/a>. As part of the agreements signed with the United States, from 1985, Kluever sold very modern American spy technology (developed by the Ocean Applied Research Corporation in San Diego[81]<\/a> and distributed by the CompuDyne Corporation group in Pennsylvania[82]<\/a>) Muhammar Ghaddafi in Libya, Hafiz Al-Assad in Syria, Haji Mohammad Suharto in Indonesia \u2013 the three presidents use it to intercept phone calls and radio broadcasts from opponents, foreign armies and rebel groups[83]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As he grew older, Kluever sold his company (the PK Electronics Group in Hamburg) to two engineers, the German Stephan Oelkers and the Englishman William Louthean Nelson. The latter had started running the Beijing office in 1985 and had established his own company, Personal Protection Products Ltd. Hong Kong[84]<\/a> in 1992, which until 1994, through its subsidiary in Hull[85]<\/a>, sold listening devices used by the British secret services to fight the IRA in Ulster[86]<\/a>. When Kluever retires, PK Electronics will be passed on to William Nelson and his Louthean son John Alexander Nelson, the founders of the Gamma International Group[87]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The chart of the investments of the Gamma International Group as well as of associated persons and companies \u2013 \u00a9 IBI World Ltd. London<\/sub><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A new era is beginning in which the old wiretapping will soon be overcome and forgotten. The young Louthean begins to work with Niels J\u00f8rgen Tobiasen and his two companies: The CBRN Team Ltd. London[88]<\/a> and The Phoenix Hazard Training Ltd. Darlington[89]<\/a>. It is an industrial operation that arose out of a contract to supply chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapons to Uganda[90]<\/a> which was negotiated with a member of the government, Ananias Tumukunde, who had accepted a bribe of \u00a3 40,000[91]<\/a>. An operation that ended with the arrest of Tumukunde in Kampala and Tobiasen in London in July 2007[92]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During these years, Louthean Nelson also tried to facilitate a collaboration with the hacking team of David Vincenzetti: with one of the best hackers of the Milan group, Alberto Pelliccione, Nelson tried after a while to find a system. to hack Nokia devices \u2013 but Pelliccione changes his mind when he finds out Nelson has started delivering weapons to countries affected by international sanctions through a company that has now been liquidated, Cyan Engineering Services SAL Beirut[93]<\/a>. Something that Pelliccione wants nothing to do with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps even more surprising is the next business: Nelson founds Elaman and relocates some activities to Switzerland[94]<\/a> because he is once again doing business with his father's former partner, Stephan Oelkers. Oelkers convinced Nelson to move his operations center from Hamburg to Munich and to accept a new partner, Holger G\u00fcnther Rumscheidt. This should work with the Austrian secret service[95]<\/a> and attempt to take the Bad Aibling station back from the NSA (American Military Intelligence)[96]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is an imposing and extremely symbolic temptation: the Bad Aibling interception station was born in 1936 as a military airport and radar center of the Luftwaffe, and at the end of the war, the American army converted it into a camp transit for released prisoners of war and victims of National Socialist concentration camps. A very famous concentration camp that the writers G\u00fcnter Grass and Joseph Ratzinger (the future Pope Benedict XVI) passed through[97]<\/a>. From 1952 until the closure, requested by the European Union in 2001 and carried out in 2004 (officially, since the facility was still in operation in 2013[98]<\/a>), the NSA of Bad Aibling assembled its Echelon systems[99]<\/a> to intercept telephone communications of the entire planet[100]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The takeover of the NSA station would have been the dedication of Nelson and his employees to a company of global significance and almost unlimited power. Negotiations were not over when FinFisher started selling its FinSpy to Turkey and the world began to see the danger. After the research in Munich, Switzerland and Romania, Nelson began to liquidate all the companies as quickly as possible: some of them (Computplus Ltd., G2 Systems Ltd., Gamma 2000 Ltd., Gamma 2000 Waste Management Ltd., Gamma International (UK) Ltd.) were liquidated in early February 2021 at the time of writing[101]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is no turning back<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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April 14, 2007: Over a million peaceful citizens protest against the abolition of freedom and against a regime that has turned their homeland into a hell of oppression, violence and misery. An exciting scene of humanity that could hardly be repeated<\/sub><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, that does not change the substance of things. Today, February 2021, the government and its intelligence agencies in at least 40 countries around the world, the vast majority of which are ruled by dictatorships, have in their hands software that not only goes beyond doomsday scenarios. described by George Orwell, but also from \"Brazil\" by Terry Gilliam: Now, a regime no longer needs to discover that someone is preparing a plot to isolate, torture, condemn and exterminate them. The state can create evidence with the click of a computer, using software that in a thousandth of a second will doom each one of us and implicate each of our loved ones in our destruction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a society where the alienation of the individual from the common context has already reached worrying proportions, the software developed and sold by a small handful of criminals totally unknown to the public has enabled humanity to embark on a path of no return: one where there is nothing more true and verifiable in which each of us must doubt who is around us, and even (and even more) ourselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The weakness and superficiality with which Western governments (especially the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom) have allowed this software to be distributed across the planet for purely selfish calculations is unforgivable and the sign that 75 years after the end of WWII, 30 years after the end of the cold war, and the fear of nuclear conflict when nature rebels against the foolish way we are destroying it, people have crossed the line ultimate \u2013 those in which the enemy who kills does not come from outside, but from within \u2013 and is inexorable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/65-in-yuzbinleri-6335051<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/6554851.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/laik-turkiye-icin-caglayan-a-6426626<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/3-miting-3-mesaj-6462629<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/gundem\/izmir-rekor-bekliyor-6495436<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/turkey-used-german-spy-software-on-opposition-politicians-and-activists\/a-43787769<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/atalayar.com\/en\/content\/turkish-spy-networks-control-opponents<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-39416954<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.birgun.net\/haber\/iddia-pelikancilar-hakan-fidan-gitsin-diyor-283382<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trthaber.com\/haber\/gundem\/iletisim-baskanligi-berat-albayrakin-gorevden-af-talebi-kabul-edilmistir-529559.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/europe\/russia-accuses-president-erdogan-s-son-law-being-linked-isis-oil-trade-a6761436.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2016\/09\/turkey-redhackers-daunt-the-erdogan-family.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/thepressproject.gr\/exclusive-wikileaks-documents-relations-erdogan-isis-oil-smuggling\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.duvarenglish.com\/sport\/2020\/02\/10\/politics-in-stadiums-fenerbahce-fans-urge-minister-albayrak-to-keep-hands-off-football<\/a> ; https:\/\/odatv4.com\/fenerbahceliler-damata-karsi-ayaga-kalkti-02022031.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> Intelligence Online, \u201cHakan Fidan close to ministerial promotion<\/em>\u201d, see in 2020.11.18 Hakan Fidan Minister<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkey-launches-project-to-train-1-million-software-developers-154081<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> 2017.04.13 T\u00fcrkiye Cumhuriyeti Ba\u015fbakanlar\u0131<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mill%C3%AE_%C4%B0stihbarat_Te%C5%9Fkil%C3%A2t%C4%B1#Leitung<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> Hakan Fidan on Nexis, pages 57-60<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/t24.com.tr\/haber\/adanada-3-tir-durduruldu-arama-yapiliyor,248707<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> 1000 colpi di mortaio, 1000 colpi di artiglieria, 50\u2019000 fucili d'assalto e 30\u2019000 munizioni per mitragliatrice \u2013 see in https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529223636\/http:\/\/www.aktifhaber.com\/devlet-sirri-denilen-mit-tirlari-ile-ilgili-tapeler-1053377h.htm#<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.haber7.com\/guncel\/haber\/1121773-mit-tirlari-neden-durduruldu<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150529062123\/http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/turkiye\/287071\/iste_Erdogan_in_yok_dedigi_silahlar.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com.tr\/haber\/mit-tirlari-boyle-durduruldu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/bianet.org\/bianet\/insan-haklari\/155519-tir-lari-durdurmakla-suclanan-13-askere-muebbet-istendi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> https:\/\/www.milliyet.com.tr\/gundem\/mit-tirlari-olayinda-yeni-gelisme-5-savci-gorevden-uzaklastirildi-1999064<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> http:\/\/www.cumhuriyet.com.tr\/haber\/erdogandan-canli-yayinda-can-dundara-tehdit-288885<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/www.faz.net\/aktuell\/politik\/ausland\/europa\/tuerkei\/tuerkei-kampf-gegen-die-soldaten-des-lichts-12715816.html?printPagedArticle=true#pageIndex_3<\/a> ; https:\/\/taz.de\/Wie-Guelen-zum-Staatsfeind-Nr-1-wurde\/!5323191\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.sabah.com.tr\/gundem\/2021\/02\/03\/son-dakika-istihbarattaki-fetocu-generalden-bomba-itiraflar-tegmen-rutbemi-fetullah-gulen-takti<\/a> ; https:\/\/tr.sputniknews.com\/turkiye\/202001211041211454-sozcu-ilker-basbugu-cezaevine-attiran-feto-mektubunu-acikliyoruz\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.genios.de\/presse-archiv\/artikel\/FAZ\/20171111\/jagd-auf-die-guelenisten\/FR1201711115279571.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/www.nadir.org\/nadir\/initiativ\/isku\/hintergrund\/geheimdienste\/geheim994.htm<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/tuerkischer-geheimdienst-liess-erdogan-gegner-in-deutschland-ausspionieren\/12027820.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article157778863\/Erdogans-Agenten-bedrohen-Tuerken-in-Deutschland.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/politik\/frontal-21\/die-verschleppten-100.html<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.derstandard.at\/story\/1397522175727\/geheimdienst-staat-tuerkei<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2020\/09\/turkey-austria-spy-nehammer-kurdish-clashes-protests-vienna.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/austria-turkey-espionage-int-idUSKBN25S4R5<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/10\/13\/world\/europe\/turkey-austria-erdogan-assassin.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/global-europe\/news\/flemish-minister-turkish-sponosred-mosque-is-nest-of-spies\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/07\/06\/influenced-by-gulenists-belgium-targets-turkish-mosques-fighting-extremism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/erdogan-critics-listed-by-turkish-embassy-in-prague-were-included-in-bogus-terrorism-probe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turk-greek-ties-strained-by-arson-row-10324<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-greece-germany-spying\/greek-police-arrest-german-on-suspicion-of-spying-idUSBRE97208820130803<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kathimerini.gr\/society\/896001\/istories-me-kataskopoys-sto-aigaio\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.larissanet.gr\/2019\/06\/21\/dikazetai-sti-rodo-kataskopos-tis-tourkias\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/ahvalnews.com\/mit\/turkish-intelligence-recruits-eu-retirees-spy-greece<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/04\/turkish-intelligence-operations-targeting-critics-in-greece-exposed-in-secret-documents\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/intelnews.org\/2016\/12\/09\/01-2023\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2020\/08\/more-secret-documents-confirming-vast-turkish-espionage-activities-in-greece-uncovered\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.skai.gr\/news\/greece\/dyo-syllipseis-ellinon-gia-kataskopeia-sti-rodo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-kosovo-security-turkey-idUSKBN1H70CC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/opinion\/murat-yetkin\/turkish-intelligence-unveils-secret-codes-used-before-coup-attempt-103843<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2018\/09\/turkish-teachers-detained-moldova-gulen.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/balkaninsight.com\/2018\/09\/06\/six-turkish-professors-detained-by-moldovan-secret-services-09-06-2018\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/turkeypurge.com\/turkey-spying-imams-active-also-in-norway<\/a> ; https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/turkeys-autocratic-president-erdogans-spying-profiling-expands-in-norway\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/kafila.org\/www-matthewaid-com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/report-sweden-launches-espionage-probe-into-turkish-govt-representatives\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/politics\/undiplomatic_swiss-eye-alleged-turkish-kidnapping-attempt\/43973170<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/swiss-foreign-minister-warns-turkey-against-illegal-spying-111199<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/eu-affairs\/2017\/05\/01\/as-anti-turkish-politics-grip-europe-turkish-swiss-policeman-arrested<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-brings-key-feto-suspect-from-ukraine-to-turkey-134608<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/turkey-murder-london-unsolved-mehmet-kaygisiz-government-security-services-agents-court-documents-a7332461.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.meforum.org\/60976\/turkish-spy-agency-mit-intelligence-gathering-australia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-egypt-court\/egypt-detains-29-people-on-suspicion-of-espionage-for-turkey-idUSKBN1DM1AN<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.egypttoday.com\/Article\/1\/33764\/In-Pictures-Egypt-foils-Turkish-espionage-attempt<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligence-agency-brings-three-feto-members-from-gabon-to-turkey-130050<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/turkey\/turkish-intelligence-agency-rescues-a-kidnapped-italian-citizen-in-kenya-36192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20190807-libyan-national-army-turkish-intelligence-is-operating-in-tripoli\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2017\/11\/27\/senior-feto-figure-captured-by-turkish-intelligence-in-sudan\/amp<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/07\/turkish-diplomats-have-extensively-spied-on-critics-in-the-united-states\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/1101683.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intel-returns-wanted-feto-from-azerbaijan-140108<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[50]<\/a> https:\/\/nordicmonitor.com\/2019\/06\/turkish-diplomats-spy-on-erdogan-critics-in-georgia-secret-document-reveals\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2019\/04\/22\/4-pkk-terrorists-brought-to-turkey-from-iraq-in-operation-by-turkish-intelligence<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/news\/pkk-confirms-capture-two-turkish-spies-iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.presstv.com\/Detail\/2017\/08\/29\/533306\/PKK-Turkish-officers-spying-Iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.sabah.com.tr\/gundem\/2019\/07\/07\/son-dakika-teror-orgutu-pkkkcknin-sozde-baskanlik-konseyi-uyesi-diyar-garip-muhammed-etkisiz-hale-getirildi<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thedefensepost.com\/2018\/08\/15\/turkey-airstrike-pkk-sinjar-iraq\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/menafn.com\/1098975780\/Turkish-warplanes-neutralize-4-PKK-terrorists-In-Iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/war-on-terror\/2019\/09\/16\/3-pkk-terrorists-neutralized-by-turkish-jets-in-northern-iraq<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkey-neutralizes-senior-female-ypg-pkk-terrorist-150730<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/cellmate-teacher-abducted-by-turkeys-mit-from-malaysia-subjected-to-torture-in-ankara\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/turkish-intelligences-captures-feto-suspect-in-malaysia-146188<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-mongolia-kidnapping-turkey-idUSKBN1KI03N<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/pakistan\/pakistan-admits-they-secretly-deported-turkish-family-wanted-by-erdogan-govt-4895423\/lite\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Turkish_involvement_in_the_Syrian_civil_war<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/securityaffairs.co\/wordpress\/41169\/breaking-news\/finfisher-spyware-new-customers.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.business-humanrights.org\/en\/latest-news\/german-prosecutor-to-investigate-finfisher-for-allegedly-selling-spyware-used-against-journalists-and-activists-in-turkey-without-license\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.ecchr.eu\/en\/press-release\/german-prosecutor-opens-criminal-investiation-into-finfisher-for-selling-spyware-to-turkey-without-license\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reporter-ohne-grenzen.de\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[59]<\/a> https:\/\/freiheitsrechte.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[60]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[61]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecchr.eu\/en\/about-us\/?L=2<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[62]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 4-5<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[63]<\/a> https:\/\/cdn.netzpolitik.org\/wp-upload\/2019\/09\/2019-07-05_FinFisher_Criminal-Complaint_ENG.pdf<\/a>, pages 6-7, page 12<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[64]<\/a> https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847361\/UK-NCP-initial-complaint-privacy-international-and-others-against-gamma-international-uk-ltd.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847362\/UK-NCP-Final-statement-complaint-Privacy-International-Gamma-International-UK-Ltd.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/847364\/uk-ncp-follow-up-statement-privacy-international-gamma-international.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[65]<\/a> https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/privacy-international-complaint-to-uk-ncp-about-gamma-international-uk-ltd<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[66]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/finfisher-malicious-spyware-disguised-mozilla-firefox-discovered-36-countries-1233177<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[67]<\/a> https:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/home\/security-news\/finfisher-command-and-control-hubs-turn-up-in-11-new-countries\/<\/a> ; 2013.04.01 SC Magazine on FinFisher<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[68]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/german-prosecutors-investigate-spyware-maker-finfisher\/a-50293812<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[69]<\/a> https:\/\/netzpolitik.org\/2020\/unsere-strafanzeige-razzia-bei-staatstrojaner-firma-finfisher-in-muenchen\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[70]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/intelligence_privacy\/avira-lantivirus-comprato-dai-servizi-segreti-del-golfo-persico\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/blogs.mediapart.fr\/paolo-fusi\/blog\/260920\/le-hacker-militaire-qui-achete-avira<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[71]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/research\/2020\/09\/german-made-finspy-spyware-found-in-egypt-and-mac-and-linux-versions-revealed\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[72]<\/a> https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/BL-DGB-23568<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/technology\/apple\/8912714\/Apple-iTunes-flaw-allowed-government-spying-for-3-years.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/krebsonsecurity.com\/2011\/11\/apple-took-3-years-to-fix-finfisher-trojan-hole\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2012-07-25\/cyber-attacks-on-activists-traced-to-finfisher-spyware-of-gamma<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[73]<\/a> 2016.04.26 David Kushner on David Vincenzetti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[74]<\/a> https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/internet-tech\/hacking-team-riguarda-tutti-noi-le-nostre-liberta-la-nostra-costituzione\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.glistatigenerali.com\/app-software_intelligence\/david-vincenzetti-la-spia-che-serve-i-dittatori\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[75]<\/a> https:\/\/www.lastampa.it\/tecnologia\/2015\/07\/12\/news\/segreti-concorrenza-e-fobie-tutti-i-punti-deboli-di-hacking-team-1.35241096<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[76]<\/a> https:\/\/citizenlab.ca\/2015\/10\/mapping-finfishers-continuing-proliferation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[77]<\/a> https:\/\/bigbrotherawards.de\/en\/2012\/technology-gamma-international<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[78]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/pdf\/gammagrouploutheannelsonwapenhandelaarspursang.pdf<\/a> ; https:\/\/slideum.com\/doc\/9973831\/gehele-observant-%2369--januari-2017-politie-mercenaries<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[79]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[80]<\/a> 1987.03.07 PK Electronics in China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[81]<\/a> U.S. Department of Commerce, Industry and Trade Administration, \u201cCommercial News USA<\/em>\u201d, U.S. Foreign Commercial Service, Washington DC, 1979, page 38<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[82]<\/a> https:\/\/www.referenceforbusiness.com\/history2\/1\/CompuDyne-Corporation.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[83]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[84]<\/a> https:\/\/opencorporates.com\/companies\/hk\/0475615<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[86]<\/a> https:\/\/www.burojansen.nl\/politie\/gamma-group-louthean-nelson-arms-dealers-to-the-core-english-translation-of-article-from-observant-69\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a9<\/strong> IBI World Limited<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news came from the German newspapers: in Yemen, despite the bans in force since 1945, German weapons are being used \u2013 mainly against the defenseless population. The attacker is a coalition led by Mohammed Bin Salman (King Prince of Saudi Arabia), made up, among others, of al-Qaeda fighters and mercenaries from the Blackwater Company paid by the US government. Something that was made possible by a new wind in Berlin, which is inextricably linked to a new political position of the German Bundestag and the lobbies that work there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

German weapons have been used in Yemen since the start of the war: there are the Fewas and Clara guns of the DND Dynamit Nobel Defense GmbH Burbach, mounted on American Oshkosh tanks and on French Leclerc tanks, then the warships of the shipyards L\u00fcrssen in Bremen and finally the demining ships of the Frankenthal class[1]<\/a>. These are mainly weapons that were sold to the government of the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009. The country refuses to comply with the embargo imposed by the United Nations on the invasion of Yemen[2]<\/a>. There are also missiles, cannons and ammunition for the Eurofighter and Tornado fighter-bombers, which are used by the Saudi Air Force against the civilian population[3]<\/a>. Some of the rifles and machine guns even ended up in the hands of irregular al Qaeda forces[4]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is difficult to explain and justify, especially after the barbaric murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Istanbul in 2018 on the orders of Mohammed ben Salman[5]<\/a>. The federal government decided by a large parliamentary majority to block supply contracts with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates \u2013 a block that has lasted six months since then and has been constantly renewed since then[6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is certain is that the involvement of the German military industry in Yemen cannot be explained by the multinational defense treaties of the Persian Gulf, where it faces a massive Iranian fleet, built in China, under the leadership of the IRGCN (Islamic Revolutionary Guard), a multinational fleet made up of the countries of the EMASOH agreement (arms and soldiers of the European Union, French command), those of the IMSC agreement (USA, Saudi Arabia , Bahrain, United Kingdom and Australia) and those of the CTF-152 Agreement (United States, Italy and Gulf States)[7]<\/a>: Germany cannot participate in these military alliances on the basis of international agreements signed between the FRG and the GDR at the time of reunification \u2013 it is officially forbidden to do so[8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when these weapons are used by armies in other countries, it is evident that the Berlin government has approved their sale. Even the German Institute for International Politics and Security[9]<\/a> considers this unbearable \u2013 the institute which, on behalf of the government, states that Germany should take a neutral stance in the Persian Gulf and actively participate in the search for a peaceful compromise between the warring parties[10]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the West German government approved the so-called \"Project Monitor<\/em>\" in 1979, which allowed the delivery of German spy technology to Saudi Arabia[11]<\/a>, Bonn looked into this a few years later and blocked the export of arms, technologies and trainers to all countries of the Persian Gulf[12]<\/a>. Of course, that didn't stop the guns from being sold in secret: Chancellor Helmut Kohl owes the overthrow of his government and the end of his political parable to a scandal over the bribes his party collected (1 million marks, 561,000 dollars). The money came from the secret sale of German tanks to the government in Riyadh, camouflaged thanks to the mediation of businessman Karlheinz Schreiber[13]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Angela Merkel's years as chancellor, supplies to Saudi Arabia and its allies resumed, only to be blocked again[14]<\/a> after the wave of outrage sparked by the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi[15]<\/a>. This political decision was again bypassed by resorting to mediators \u2013 despite the backlash from most factions of the German party and humanitarian associations[16]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dirtiest war of the last hundred years<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The map of the civil war in Yemen<\/sub><\/strong>[17]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the night of March 25, 2015, Saudi tanks and fighter bombers attacked the regular troops of the Houthi army, which in 2012 overthrew the pro-Saudi regime that had ruled Yemen since 1978: in a few hours one of the most fertile countries in the Middle East has been turned into a hell of mud and rubble[18]<\/a>. What Amnesty International calls \"the worst man-made humanitarian disaster<\/em>\" begins: in addition to thousands of dead, almost all civilians, 24 million displaced people flee bombed homes as their fields are destroyed, herds killed and all the signs have been annihilated by civilization. The country is returning to the Stone Age and the population has been locked in concentration camps where only international NGOs provide water, food and medicine \u2013 the latter still in insufficient quantities due to Covid-19 and the explosion of a cholera epidemic[19]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia wants the government and the Houthis to be wiped out because they are friends with the Iranian Ayatollahs and the Lebanese Hezbollah[20]<\/a>. For this reason, international NGOs, particularly Human Rights Watch, are calling for an absolute embargo on arms sales to Saudi Arabia because diplomacy does not get results[21]<\/a>. In addition to the Saudis, there is a surprisingly heterogeneous coalition whose countries traditionally belong to the Riyadh monarchy (such as the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), but also the Europeans (France, United Kingdom) and especially the United States (which sends Erik Prince's Blackwater mercenaries into battle[22]<\/a>) and Al Qaeda[23]<\/a> \u2013 all together, side by side, against the defenseless Yemeni people[24]<\/a>. From a military point of view, the situation has stalled for five years, despite the massive use of the army and weapons \u2013 the only ones paying an unacceptable price are the citizens of Yemen, who are the subject of 'a real \"ethnic cleansing<\/em>\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The German Secret Service (BND), which is certainly not part of militant pacifism, urges the government not to deal with the new head of the Al-Sa'ud family, seen as a psychologically unstable man and basically a belligerent autocrat[25]<\/a>. The result is a crisis that causes Berlin and Riyadh to disrupt diplomatic relations and divide the German governing coalition because one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, Sigmar Gabriel, personally countered Angela Merkel for her political decision and the one that followed the attacks: there was a risk of damage for the German industry[26]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Angela Merkel announced that she would stop selling weapons, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacted angrily: in May 2018, he terminated all contracts with German companies and issued a decree which now bans the industry Germany to participate in tenders in Saudi Arabia. Almost 7 billion euros are at stake each year, as well as the sales of industrial giants such as Bayer, Daimler-Mercedes, Siemens, Boehringer and Deutsche Bank to take a stake in ARAMCO, the Saudi oil company[27]<\/a>. In September 2018, after a phone call between Merkel and Prince Bin Salman[28]<\/a>, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to New York and met Saudi officials at the United Nations \u2013 and began negotiations on a compromise that would fail. not lose face to the Chancellor[29]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UAE is also involved in the negotiations, in part because the man in charge of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been in friendly relations since 2014 (when he was already commander-in-chief of the armed forces but was not yet regent) to the leaders of the Social Democratic Party and to the then Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier \u2013 the man who has been President of the German Republic since March 2017[30]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2017 and 2020, during negotiations with Riyadh, Merkel also met three times with Al-Nahyan to officially regulate the visa system for tourists, but in reality to resolve the crisis caused by the fact that the German ambassador in Dubai Haya Bint Al-Hussein helped (sister of the King of Jordan and wife of Prime Minister Emir Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum) who escaped repeated violence against her and her two children in Germany and later in Britain[31]<\/a> \u2013 and during their meeting, they also discussed economic and military issues[32]<\/a> and Abu Dhabi's role in the Libyan civil war[33]<\/a>. All this despite the fact that parliamentary groups in the Bundestag have repeatedly protested and claimed that Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was the main culprit in the genocide in Yemen[34]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Ambassador Peter Fischer, President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering and Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to become members of the ECSSR (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research)[35]<\/a> Speakers Council, the think tank founded by Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The ECSSR is used to build a network of political, industrial and military alliances in the rest of the world[36]<\/a>, which has been used by Tawazun Holding (Al-Nahyan's military company[37]<\/a>) to pay $ 20 million in bribes (disguised as a contribution to an environmental project), to be able to buy American weapons while bypassing the international embargo[38]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contradictions of international lobbying<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dubai Monarch Hotel, where the Germany-Iran working group meets \u2013 away from prying eyes and under the supervision of Daniela Calligaro, coordinator of the Germany-UAE Chamber of Commerce<\/sub><\/strong>[39]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, everyone in lobbying and international diplomacy is opaque and contradictory as it aims to protect national interests in a situation of peaceful negotiation. An example: between 2007 and 2008, German exports to Iran increased by 40% to more than 11 billion dollars. Amid international sanctions that ban doing business with Ayatollahs, German government dissolves the German-Iranian task force and moves it to where no one will ever look for it \u2013 to Dubai, one of Iran's most bitter adversaries: Daniela Calligaro, the coordinator of the Germany-Emirates Chamber of Commerce, which in the Emirates has reorganized the Germany-Iran working group in the halls of the Dubai Monarch hotel, despite Chancellor Merkel publicly reiterating that the Germany supports the sanctions and that even trade with Tehran would not continue through hidden triangulations[40]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the end of the Cold War (and since the signing of the peace treaty between united Germany and its allies during World War II[41]<\/a>), every state visit by Chancellors Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schr\u00f6der and Angela Merkel has had representatives of the military industry in Bonn (and later Berlin) who negotiated arms deliveries during political and diplomatic negotiations[42]<\/a>. Some of these contracts are part of calls for tenders in the United States, in which German companies participate with American companies, including negotiations in Germany, according to the Sunlight Foundation (an NGO close to the Democratic Party that analyzes and publishes data federal officials on economic exchanges[43]<\/a>), 13 million euros per year[44]<\/a>.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The headquarters of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, which for half a century has selected the future leaders of the CDU (left)<\/sub><\/strong>[45]<\/strong><\/sub><\/a>, and Michael Hennrich, chairman of the Bundestag parliamentary group for Arabic-speaking countries (right)<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like other European parliaments, the Bundestag also has special interest groups which deal with bilateral relations between Berlin and various countries of the world. One of the oldest of these groups is that of the Arabic-speaking countries of the Near and Middle East[46]<\/a>, composed of parliamentarians from all parties of the constitutional ark and led by Christian Democrat MP Michael Hennrich[47]<\/a> (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg) since September 2013[48]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his role as chairman of the group, Hennrich spoke in 2015 for the suspension (and not for the cancellation) of supply contracts to Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, then three years later, he had a voice in the Bundestag on resuming supplies[49]<\/a>. In 2017, Hennrich expressed his opinion at a conference in his constituency: there is no war without weapons, but also no peace, because without deterrence linked to the military balance, it is difficult to avoid conflicts[50]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hennrich is a lawyer in the Bundestag, specialized on health\u2019s questions, who was not chosen by chance as chairman of the Arab group: in 2011, Hennrich followed then German President Christian Wulff on a trip to Abu Dhabi and Muscat, during which he followed Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and the heads of the armed forces of the Emirates[51]<\/a> and the Sultanate of Oman[52]<\/a>. Two years later, Hennrich was part of an economic commission at an international conference in Beirut - along with (among others) an executive from the Belgian military industry Herstal (whose name has been kept secret), the former Dutch Deputy Secretary of State for Defense, Jos Van Gennip, and former UAE Minister of Finance, Nasser Saidi[53]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference was sponsored by General Michel Sleiman, President of Lebanon, and organized by the local government with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation under the leadership of Hans-Gert P\u00f6ttering[54]<\/a>. This foundation is one of the richest and most powerful lobbies in Germany and has always been actively interested in the military strategy of NATO countries and the integration of German industry in this area[55]<\/a>. Since January 12, 2009 (or since the day the Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Foundation awarded the Konrad-Adenauer Medal of Honor), this organization has been one of the symbols of the UAE's political and military lobbying work in Germany[56]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its inception, it has been impossible in Germany to lead the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) without the approval and support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation[57]<\/a>, which has always played a controversial role in German foreign policy - as has been the case during the years when the foundation funded the birth of the Inkatha party in South Africa to have strong opposition to the ANC of Nelson Mandela[58]<\/a>. This makes it easier to understand why Chancellor Merkel is vaguely committed for or against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: Ms Merkel is a politician who has been openly supported and promoted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and since then. appeared on the stage of federal politics immediately after reunification[59]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[2]<\/a> https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2020\/12\/1079232<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/de\/beweise-f%C3%BCr-deutsche-waffen-im-jemen\/a-47681315<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tkUv2R97I-Y<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2019\/09\/26\/Saudi-Prince-bin-Salman-accepts-responsibility-but-not-blame-for-Khashoggi-death\/6231569504880\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45775819<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/9\/10\/audio-transcripts-of-jamal-khashoggis-murder-revealed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/inland\/ruestungsexporte-saudi-arabien-101.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a> http:\/\/cesi-italia.org\/articoli\/1142\/le-sfide-per-la-sicurezza-del-golfo-persico-e-la-strategia-navale-iraniana<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a> https:\/\/www.hdg.de\/lemo\/kapitel\/deutsche-einheit\/weg-zur-einheit\/zwei-plus-vier-vertrag.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a> SWP \u2013 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik des Deutschen Instituts f\u00fcr Internationale Politik und Sicherheit, https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a> https:\/\/www.swp-berlin.org\/kurz-gesagt\/2018\/deutschland-sollte-zwischen-iran-und-israel-vermitteln\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a> Horst M\u00f6ller, Klaus Hildebrand, Gregor Sch\u00f6llgen, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1979<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, pages 31-75<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a> Tim Geiger, Matthias Peter, Mechthild Lindemann, \u201eAkten zur Ausw\u00e4rtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland \u2013 1983<\/em>\u201c, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, pages 1534-1539<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/590558.stm<\/a> ; https:\/\/daserste.ndr.de\/panorama\/archiv\/1999\/Kohl-und-der-Panzerdeal,erste7204.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/gruene-jugend.de\/deutsche-panzer-an-saudi-arabien\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWRDxtAuAJE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n4BwqJ3a3ds<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqTGnumFhl8<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZ4FLHTHB0M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcVBhYfZJpE<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MAu-jq0lOvQ<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5EJosKHXdw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a> https:\/\/www.polgeonow.com\/2019\/10\/map-who-rules-yemen-southern-separatists.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> https:\/\/idsa.in\/specialfeature\/YemeninMeltdown_talmizahmad120815<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a> https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/countries\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/yemen\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.amnesty.it\/guerra-nello-yemen-made-in-europe\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> Jack Freeman, \u201cThe al Houthi Insurgency in the North of Yemen: An Analysis of the Shabab al Moumineen\u201c, in \u201cStudies in Conflict & Terrorism\u201c, vol. 32, n. 11, Routledge\/Taylor & Francis, Milton Park (UK) and New York 2009, pages 1008\u20131019 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10576100903262716<\/a> ; Barak A. Salmoni, Bryce Loidolt, Madeleine Wells, \u201cRegime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon\u201d, RAND Corporation \u2013 National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica (California) and Arlington (Virginia) 2010 \u2013 see also in https:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/monographs\/2010\/RAND_MG962.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a> https:\/\/www.undispatch.com\/one-way-to-stop-the-unrelenting-deaths-of-civilians-in-yemen-an-arms-embargo-on-saudi-arabia\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a> https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/middleeast\/201601191033358120-yemen-blackwater-contractors\/<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/dec\/09\/australian-mercenary-reportedly-killed-yemen-clashes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ispionline.it\/it\/pubblicazione\/al-qaedas-strategy-yemeni-war-22609<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a> https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150509030311\/http:\/\/www.cfr.org\/yemen\/yemen-crisis\/p36488<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-35001377<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.crossborderinformation.com\/news\/monitoring-news\/saudi-arabia-german-intelligence-criticises-mbs-gets-slap-berlin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saudi-arabia-minister-tells-germany-it-will-find-weapons-elsewhere\/a-42710510<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a> https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-germany-saudi-trade\/saudi-arabia-to-exclude-german-firms-from-government-tenders-spiegel-idUSKCN1IQ2GF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> https:\/\/middle-east-online.com\/en\/berlin-riyadh-agree-enter-new-phase-ties<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-saudi-arabia-end-diplomatic-row\/a-45638974<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a> https:\/\/www.emirates247.com\/news\/government\/mohamed-bin-zayed-visits-germany-2014-06-12-1.552657<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilmattino.it\/primopiano\/esteri\/emiro_maltratta_principessa_dubai-4590349.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[32]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundeskanzlerin.de\/bkin-en\/news\/chancellor-meets-with-the-crown-prince-of-abu-dhabi-1637116<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[33]<\/a> https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/politics\/merkel-meets-uae-crown-prince-ahead-of-libya-conference\/1706945<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.agenzianova.com\/a\/5fa263c985e1c8.40605274\/3171618\/2020-11-04\/emirati-germania-telefonata-principe-abu-dhabi-merkel-focus-su-relazioni-e-mediterraneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[34]<\/a> https:\/\/debriefer.net\/en\/news-8983.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[35]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/lecturers\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[36]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ecssr.ae\/en\/director-general-statement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[37]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/uae-armed-forces-places-dh1-8bn-weapons-order-with-tawazun-1.307778<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/business\/weapons-systems-plant-for-abu-dhabi-1.388139<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.arabianaerospace.aero\/tawazun-creates-african-partnership-for-uae-s-precision-weapon-manufacture.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191105005661\/en\/Mohamed-bin-Zayed-Inaugurates-EDGE-Advanced-Technology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[38]<\/a> https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2017\/08\/17\/weapons-money-intended-for-economic-development-being-secretly-diverted-to-lobbying\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[39]<\/a> https:\/\/vae.ahk.de\/mitglieder\/vorstand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[40]<\/a> Matthias K\u00fcntzel, \u201eDeutschland, Iran und die Bombe<\/em>\u201c, LIT Verlag, M\u00fcnster 2012, pages 125-128<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[41]<\/a> https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\/aussenpolitik\/themen\/internationales-recht\/-\/240218<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[42]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/politik\/bundesregierung-merkel-laesst-die-ruestungslobby-mitfliegen\/6685952.html<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.lettera43.it\/berlino-merkel-viaggia-armata\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[43]<\/a> https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sunlight-foundation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[44]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ilgiornale.it\/news\/esteri\/quella-lobby-tedesca-che-controlla-lamerica-1020880.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[45]<\/a> https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/themen\/agenda\/konrad-adenauer-stiftung-ein-netzwerk-der-cdu-elite\/10087016.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[46]<\/a> Parlamentariergruppe Arabischsprachige Staaten des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[47]<\/a> https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen#<\/a> ; https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140804033008\/https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/bundestag\/europa_internationales\/parlamentariergruppen\/parlamentariergruppen\/281238<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[48]<\/a> https:\/\/www.michael-hennrich.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CV-Hennrich-deutsch-WP19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[49]<\/a> https:\/\/www.arabianbusiness.com\/germany-re-examine-arms-exports-saudi-arabia-after-executions-617190.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[51]<\/a> https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Khalifa+receives+Germany%27s+President-a0274748180<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[52]<\/a> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AHKuae\/posts\/muscat-his-majesty-sultan-qaboos-bin-said-has-received-german-president-christia\/279590368759644\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[53]<\/a> https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adcemgperfil\/13-01-16-beirut-conference-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[54]<\/a> https:\/\/www.uniapacla.org\/documentos\/Beirut%20Conf%20EN-ESPVF.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[55]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/einzeltitel\/-\/content\/ruestungskooperation-eine-transatlantische-aufgabe1<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_5455_1.pdf\/1035c027-d01b-bade-b8ea-3383a5f44159?version=1.0&t=1539666485287<\/a> ; https:\/\/www.kas.de\/c\/document_library\/get_file?uuid=2b1a9e67-22f8-ce1c-b398-41c5b17837c6&groupId=252038<\/a> ;  https:\/\/www.kas.de\/documents\/252038\/253252\/7_dokument_dok_pdf_52302_2.pdf\/5e17899e-aed6-6291-b1be-8f909454c132?version=1.0&t=1539647539898<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[56]<\/a> https:\/\/www.kas.de\/it\/veranstaltungen\/detail\/-\/content\/deutschland-und-die-vereinigten-arabischen-emirate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[57]<\/a> https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article115912607\/Haarstraeubende-Personalpolitik-im-Innenministerium.html<\/a> ; Stefan Loipfinger, \u201eDie Spendenmafia. Schmutzige Gesch\u00e4fte mit unserem Mitleid<\/em>\u201c, Droemer Knaur, M\u00fcnchen 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[58]<\/strong><\/a> Aljoscha Tillmanns, \u201cBundesregierung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung und Inkatha 1985\u201394: Entwicklungshilfe oder Verfolgung strategischer Interessen?\u201c, Verlag Dr. Kova\u010d, Hamburg 2016<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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On Tuesday, corresponding to 17.11.2020,  Democracy Centre for Transparency hosted a webinar on Human Rights Situation in Egypt<\/strong>.
The webinar was attended by Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, the vice president of the European Parliament, MS. Maria Laura Franciosi ,  the chair founder of Brussels press club and a journalist on European Affairs, Dr. Leslie Piquemal, Senior EU Advocacy representative at Cairo institution for human rights studies and Mr.Tarek Mahmoud, an Egyptian journalist and former head of the office of Egyptian news agency Mena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr.Castaldo started the briefing with some introductory remarks on the situation in Egypt. He also added \u201c since president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in 2013, the human rights situation has deteriorated in  a catastrophic way, and this is also demonstrated by the wave of arrests following the protests of last fall against corruption in the government.
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He mentioned that Cairo is an important partner for the European Union on the economic level , on the migration issue and for regional stability, and Europe can\u2019t stay silent , dialogue must be intensified to maintain good relations with Cairo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackling the issue of the political sphere and the public space closure in Egypt , Dr.Piquemal emphasized the rollback of democracy in Egypt which has increased and accelerated in 2018 during the president show election, in 2019 constitutional amendments, andin  2020 legislative elections which are still ongoing. All these events involved a very broad and general denial of citizenship righta to a free participation in public affairs. Added Ms. Piquemal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also referred to preventing candidates of opposition parties from organizing those own compsignes. Piquemal asserted that the constitutional amendments in 2019 were meant to extend Alsisi's time in power, to constitutionalize the executive authority to grant the military custadionshiip on Egyptian citizens and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In  the context of frredom of expression,Ms. Maria Laura Franciosi confirmed that critisims is a genuine right in the press, condemning the closure of human rights websites in Egypt, and sending defenders behind bars. Ms. Maria strongly believe that the European Union does not seem to do much against the alarming situation of freedom of expression in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms. Franciosi continued to catgorically deplore all forms of abuse against journalists and human rights defenders, remembering the brutal killing of the Italian journalist Giulio Regeni who was prepareing for his PH.D assertation. She ended with calling upon the European Union to act more firmly against these practices against freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seminar ended wirh the contribution of the Egyptian journalist Tarek Mahmoud who pointed out that the Egyptian authorities always accuse journalists and human rights defenders of international conspiracy against Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud reviewed that 90 journalists are in prison and 12 were killed since 2011, reminding when the journalist Regeni was tortured to death, and other 5 people paid the cost and there were killed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Mahmoud further said that Alsisi manipulates both Muslims and Christians, making them afraid of each other; Alsisi is playing the same game in Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Tarek lamented why the European Union is not spending adequate efforts to stop the unbearable situation in Egypt, warning of a dark future in continuation of violations against human rights in terms of impunity, forced disapprance, torture, and confiscation of basic rights.
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